Reviews for DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube
DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube by Ajay (SponsorBlock)
210 reviews
- Rated 1 out of 5by That's Cool Jack, 6 kuud tagasiI like the idea but it makes youtube loading sooooo slow, even with extensions like unhook that hides videos from ever being visible, this extension is not compatible
Developer response
posted 6 kuud tagasiTry it again now, there was a server issue at that time that might have been causing it - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 17761284, 6 kuud tagasiEDIT: dev response is wrong, i understand what dearrow is, i read the description of the addon before i paid for it LOL. the problem is that it sucks at doing what it says it does for fundamental reasons.
clickbait = "sensational and unappealing packaging (the titles and thumbnails)" and tons of clickbait thumbnails and titles get through dearrow because this addon requires users of an addon who're allergic to clickbait already to willingly submit themselves to enduring low quality content in order to submit a new relevant title and thumbnail and remove said clickbait with dearrow. it just won't happen and prevents the addon from working as intended
dev, i recommend removing the crowdsourcing element of this addon *or* merely asking for donations instead of outright payment. you can't do both and you can't expect people to pay you to do work for you. a refund is actually kind of a ridiculous thing to offer. you want me to hop in your email to beg for a dollar? get real LOL. when you ask for payment you invite criticism and a refund is not relevant.
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I paid a dollar for this app expecting to remove the clickbait from my Youtube experience but instead most of the actual clickbait (content farm videos with 1mil+ views) continue to appear unaltered while the titles from any even mildly popular genuine video creator get stripped of all creativity and even narratively spoiled in some cases.
the problem is fundamental due to the fact that this app is crowdsourced and because most of the actual clickbait is from channels that are so low quality that even the users of this app don't want to put in the effort to fix it. meanwhile the videos people actually put effort into get neutered because some geek thought the title wasn't definitionally accurate enough.
that's another thing, why are we paying to crowdsource our work? i only realized i was paying to work after i forked it over so shame on me i guess but it certainly left a slimy taste in my mouth afterwards.Developer response
posted 6 kuud tagasiI am happy to fully refund you, send me an email dev@ajay.app
You seem to be looking for something different from what DeArrow is.
DeArrow at the moment is not for filtering and hiding videos that are low quality, but instead of about reducing sensationalism in all videos (the high quality ones too). You seem to be looking for something very different, which is fine.
When I look at my YouTube feed, I see many high quality videos created by great people. The problem is that they are all obscured by sensational and unappealing packaging (the titles and thumbnails).
The goal of DeArrow is to be able to look at that feed of already high quality videos without having to deal with the current sensationalist title/thumbnail trends and know what which of those videos to choose from based on what their actual content is.
I hope that makes the purpose more clear :) - Rated 4 out of 5by pyzor, 6 kuud tagasiEND clickbait. Pair with SponsorBlock extension. Spare others the agony of clickbait. Apply business professional english to titles. Replace lame clickbait load frames. Everyone who matters wins. Continue to block youtube ads with privoxy, a loopback proxy for firefox.
Unfortunately this extension requires purchase. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 17051826, 6 kuud tagasiThe page where you can supposedly use it for free is broken due to a conflict with NoScript, and it can't be turned off for that page. Also, the addon page is incredibly misleading, with no indication of being a paid extension anywhere in the description (and no, the "Some features require payment" text is not enough).
Developer response
posted 6 kuud tagasiThere should be a warning that displays if you have no-script to temporarily disable it for that page
If you still couldn't get it working, here is a code :)
FgvPK-ab641 - Rated 5 out of 5by Blake L, 6 kuud tagasiThis extension has a number of negative reviews which gave me some pause but knowing that the author penned 'SponsorBlock' gave me some trust. Reading those reviews it looks like they are primarily misconceptions due to not reading the description written by the extensions author. Keep in mind these two extensions are being written by a college student and this is a project he plans to continue developing outside of college.
The settings available give you a lot more control over your Youtube pages aesthetic by granting editing capability to the uniformity of each videos thumbnail and title. The different case types being options is a fantastic idea and I love having the ability to flip through the different settings and seeing how it makes me look at my home page differently. Great work, keep up the good development!! - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 17602991, 6 kuud tagasiDoesn't work, begs for money to activate, nonsense for a browser extension!
- Rated 5 out of 5by Livanskoy, 6 kuud tagasi
- Rated 5 out of 5by JoelLostHisAcc, 6 kuud tagasi
- Rated 5 out of 5by AA, 6 kuud tagasi
- Rated 5 out of 5by Suitov, 6 kuud tagasiGood lord, the brain cells this has saved me already. I'm a cheap booger, but I fully endorse paying the optional $1 if you value your time, because this will save you so much of it.
To take one example from YouTube's recommendations: this extension's suggested titles change "The Cuphead RIP-OFF That Gets EVERYTHING Wrong" (exaggerated language, annoying all-caps, doesn't even name the game reviewed) into "Talking about Enchanted Portals and why it failed to live up to expectations" (names the game in question, summarises discussion, no sugar-fuelled screaming, could be made more concise).
It also changes the thumbnail to show the actual game under review instead of angry red-eyed Cuphead with the word "trash".
I'm neurodivergent and find clickbait language very annoying, and often just won't click on something if it seems deceptive or cagey about what the content will be. It actually causes me a non-zero degree of anxiety, and I don't like feeling manipulated like that. So this extension? Absolute game-changer. - Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 18192038, 6 kuud tagasihas a tendency to replace video titles with content descriptions, which, while good, does spoil the twist of the video in some cases (see hbomberguy's robloxoof.mp3 video) and can end up removing thumbnail art that is more of a title card than clickbait.
biggest suggestion would be to allow for a setting to remove clickbait while allowing actual titles to stay, but then you're asking a democratic userbase to deal with nuance sooo
overall ok first impression, good job Ajay Ramachandran.
edit: tbh, it's more funny than annoying to meDeveloper response
posted 6 kuud tagasiI recommend using "Default to original details" in the extension settings for your preferences - Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 18143422, 6 kuud tagasiWith this on, home and some other pages often show nothing but an "you're offline" YouTube message. Will remove this and put 5 when it'll be fixed. I paid for this
Developer response
posted 6 kuud tagasiThis sounds like an issue caused by your ad blocker. Try uninstalling all ad blockers installing ublock origin, and following ublock's instructions
https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/20586
Remove custom filters and update
You can email me for further help dev @ ajay.app - Rated 5 out of 5by Mammut, 6 kuud tagasi
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17487433, 7 kuud tagasiThis guy saved me time.
I am like a little kid, hooked easily on fraud thumbnails.
Now, I can finally see the accurate thumbnails!!!
Thank you, Ajay. - Rated 5 out of 5by Nyaa, 7 kuud tagasiI love the extension. The only negative thing is I've seen a few people use it to alter some people's transgender coming-out videos to have transphobic titles. What is the process to report/remove these titles when this (Or any harassment in general via title submissions) happen? I voted those titles down and they quickly get buried, but is there more that can be done?
Aside that, thank you very much for making this, YouTube gets very tiring when every video is a guessing game for what the video is actually about. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 18165527, 7 kuud tagasiDisclose that this is a paid product in the top of your extension description.
Edit: Use "Clickbait Remover for Youtube" add-on instead of this.Developer response
posted 7 kuud tagasiIt does
https://ibb.co/jRZ4WB5
Also, you can use it for free, just click "I don't want to pay"
Clickbait remover is a great addon too. The description of DeArrow lists the differences between them - Rated 5 out of 5by mintparades, 7 kuud tagasiLove this extension. Absolutely don't regret paying for it. I use YT all the time and clickbait titles are becoming so infuriating to me. The crowdsourced title replacements are always accurate and easy to understand. I switched from Chrome to Firefox recently and I was able to seamlessly use the same product key to get it on my new choice of browser. Thank you!
- Rated 2 out of 5by folgoris, 7 kuud tagasi
- Rated 5 out of 5by Adam, 7 kuud tagasi
- Rated 5 out of 5by Tixie, 8 kuud tagasi
- Rated 1 out of 5by ㅤㅤ, 8 kuud tagasiHides YT's video titles sometimes, so I've got to reload the page. Buggy.
Developer response
posted 8 kuud tagasiDo you maybe have another extension that modifies YouTube titles like "YouTube Anti-Translate" or "Clickbait Remover"? - Rated 1 out of 5by DezTheDapper, 8 kuud tagasiIt has removed all the titles from videos, disabling this addon alone and refreshing the page has fixed the issue. Once this has been resolved I will remove this review.
Developer response
posted 8 kuud tagasiSounds like the replacement titles aren't properly loading in. Can you send an email to dev @ ajay.app so I can and help debug the issue?
Potential solutions:
- Uninstall and reinstall
- Try visiting https://sponsor.ajay.app to make sure the domain is not blocked by your network - Rated 5 out of 5by Bartolomey, 8 kuud tagasiБыла проблема с активацией (ошибка на моей стороне).
Расширение работает великолепно.
Разработчик быстро ответил и помог. Спасибо!
There was a problem with activation (error on my side).
Expansion works great.
The developer quickly answered and helped. Thank you!Developer response
posted 8 kuud tagasihey, could you email me at dev @ ajay.app since AMO only allows one reply.
Do you maybe have javascript disabled in your browser? It should work even in that case, but there was an issue like that in the past that looked like that. - Rated 5 out of 5by Kosro, 8 kuud tagasi