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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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Video streaming services should provide an option to disable thumbnails and description (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by nnullzz to c/showerthoughts

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It happens so often where we’re watching a series and as we’re scrolling to the right episode, we see thumbnails made from a clip in that episode. So like if someone was maybe about to die, now I know that’s not gonna be the case. And most of the time, the description says too much.

Edit: I should maybe specific that I’m mainly talking about services like Netflix, Prime, etc.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've had this same thought for years. There's nothing more frustrating than loading up YT and a recommended video on the home page has a major spoiler in the thumbnail for something I'm interested in. Titles can be bad too, but at least I can skim over most of them and not actually process them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

There's a way to target elements with ublock origin (element picker tool), so you could theoretically remove all thumbnails.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I'm using the browser extension DeArrow. It replaced thumbnails and titles with community created versions. It's not perfect but it makes YouTube allot better.