The creators of SponsorBlock did it again, now we can crowdsource better titles and thumbnails as well. I just tried it with LinusTechTips who is a worst offender when it comes to clickbait and its really great.

Compare without DeArrow

and with the extension

  • Raphael@lemmy.mararead.com
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    1 year ago

    It uses user submitted titles and thumbnails if they are available. If not, it uses a random frame from the video as a thumbnail and applies some rules to the title (like no caps etc.).

    For example a LTT video from yesterday:

    Original title: ‘Only YOU can fix GPU pricing… Here’s how!’

    Replaced title: ‘How to find a good deal on a used GPU’

    And about the thumbnails, just take a look on YouTube. In general I mean 😄