Reviews for DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube
DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube by Ajay (SponsorBlock)
210 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by Caio, 2 kuud tagasiPaid extension? I am not buying anything!
EDIT: Is it donationware? I will test it, maybe I can make a contribution. - Rated 1 out of 5by intars, 2 kuud tagasi
- Rated 5 out of 5by LolZoide, 2 kuud tagasi
- Rated 3 out of 5by MaxL, 2 kuud tagasiI like it in theory, but I am really, really, really not a huge fan of American English title case being enforced across all titles, even non-English ones (despite the setting that claims to not do this). I strongly believe the default setting should a conversion to sentence case.
Developer response
posted 2 kuud tagasiYou should be able to change the title formatting option to sentence case. For people with browser languages that are not english, it defaults to sentence case instead of title case for this reason. - Rated 5 out of 5by Wally, 2 kuud tagasi
- Rated 5 out of 5by z-, 2 kuud tagasiIncredible work by the same creator as SponsorBlock. I feel such a hatred towards clickbait because I know what I'm interested in, and I will click on those videos but I hate it when I feel the rug has been pulled from me (even though my investment may only be a minute). Also, it's difficult to re-find a video when the video isn't just titled what it's about.
Ajay is the person to do this correct. Ignore the 1 star reviews they're by people who don't want to pay $1 (single time donation) even though you can just not pay, but do pay and let this important service have a chance of surviving.
Ajay, you should set up a Patreon or something tho, SponsorBlock has a huge number of users and I really want to see this and that be around long term.Developer response
posted 2 kuud tagasithanks :)
sponsorblock and dearrow are definitely here for the long term, but the best way I've tried to ensure that is by making sure all submissions are downloadable and archived at https://sponsor.ajay.app/database making sure that the projects can be quickly taken over by another responsible person if something does go wrong - Rated 2 out of 5by Stoia, 2 kuud tagasiThe idea is quite nice! Giving some method of controlling clickbait is a good idea, the issue is that the "community" contributing these titles are pedantic nerds. (I say this as a pedantic nerd myself.)
Completely fine titles are being replaced with weirdly specific descriptions, take for example this XKCD Video title:
"What if everyone jumped at once?"
is replaced by:
"What if everyone was magically teleported to the same place on earth, then all jumped at once?"
This doesnt add _anything_ other then make the title three times as long and more confusing. Its also addressed that "everyone in the same place" is meant when jumping within literally the first frame of the video.
So while its a good plugin in itself, due to reliance on Crowdsource, its absolutely not anything you can daily drive.Developer response
posted 2 kuud tagasiWe do allow open ended questions under the guidelines for this type of video. But yea, some people like to submit pedantic stuff... Feel free to downvote and report so we can send them warnings or bans - Rated 5 out of 5by Ajue, 2 kuud tagasi
- Rated 5 out of 5by nintendogamer15, 2 kuud tagasiSuper cool idea for an extension. Some reviews are ragging on it for it being (optionally) paid, which is kind of silly. Dude has made YouTube much, much more bearable. He deserves your dollar.
- Rated 5 out of 5by John, 2 kuud tagasi
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13908055, 2 kuud tagasiLove this addon and SponsorBlock! You don't need to pay for it but I did anyway because I really appreciate the work the dev is doing to improve YouTube and save my mental health from OTT clickbait. This addon works great and I'm glad that it takes community submissions to help make the extension even better and get better video coverage! Thanks Ajay!
- Rated 5 out of 5by Laji, 2 kuud tagasi
Developer response
posted 2 kuud tagasiAnyone who installed during the beta testing period (last summer) can use it for free forever using the key it gives in the options.
If you uninstalled without knowing to copy that key, use this one: FIi9s-d51d6- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18365339, 2 kuud tagasi
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17180451, 3 kuud tagasiReally good app. I can't consume Youtube without it. The price is only 1$ which I assume covers server costs for queries while you are browsing
- Rated 5 out of 5by Blue-Sauce, 3 kuud tagasi
- Rated 2 out of 5by Parzival, 3 kuud tagasiReplaces "Trying the World's STRONGEST Beer" with "Trying Beers with Increasing ABV". Amazing idea in theory, but it helped me realize that the Youtube meta is there for a reason - to understand at a glance.
- Rated 4 out of 5by RokeJulianLockhart, 3 kuud tagasi
- Rated 5 out of 5by helios3000, 3 kuud tagasi
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18325448, 3 kuud tagasiis there anyway i can give you the 1 i feel bad for not giveing you it
- Rated 5 out of 5by sahl, 3 kuud tagasi
- Rated 5 out of 5by Michael, 3 kuud tagasi
- Rated 5 out of 5by Tiger, 3 kuud tagasi
- Rated 4 out of 5by 4color, 3 kuud tagasiI love the extension. I don't like the paywall (I know the wall is paper-thin, but still).
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17618835, 3 kuud tagasi