I find the premise of this extension silly. A title isn't a description and a bespoke thumbnail communicates much more than a video frame can. Imagine if movies were advertised like this
SponsorBlock (and DeArrow)
Community for SponsorBlock (and DeArrow):
SponsorBlock is a crowdsourced extension to skip sponsor segments in YouTube videos.
DeArrow is a crowdsourced extension to replace titles and thumbnails on YouTube videos with more accuracy and less sensationalism.
SponsorBlock is an open-source crowdsourced browser extension and open API for skipping sponsor segments in YouTube videos. Users submit when a sponsor happens from the extension, and the extension automatically skips sponsors it knows about using a privacy preserving query system. It also supports skipping other categories, such as intros, outros and reminders to subscribe, and skipping to the point with highlight.
The source code is fully open and the database can be downloaded by anyone. I want to keep this as open as possible! You can view the docs for the public API or host a mirror.
Links:
- status.sponsor.ajay.app
- sponsor.ajay.app/
- sponsor.ajay.app/news
- dearrow.ajay.app/
- x.com/SponsorBlock
- fosstodon.org/@sponsorblock
- Created by Ajay Ramachandran: ajay.app/
- Logo by @munadikieh: github.com/munadikieh
It's a tool to help counter dark patterns on YouTube. Youtube heavily incentivises sensationalism, click bait and silly highly emotional faces on the cover picture.
It's very interesting to see how much less enticing your home feed looks with this enabled. Give it a try, you might like it!
It is usually used to remove clickbaity titles or titles that don't explain accurately what the video in question is about.
We can rewrite the titles to be less clickbaity or to be more informative about the video in question.