DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube

DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube

Crowdsourcing titles and thumbnails to be descriptive and not sensational

  • DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube
  • DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube
  • DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube
What is DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube?
"DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube" is a Firefox extension that allows users to submit and vote on improved video titles and thumbnails for YouTube content. It aims to reduce sensationalism and clickbait by providing an option for user-contributed titles and images. The extension auto-formats titles and randomizes thumbnails when user submissions are not available, ensuring a more authentic browsing experience. It's a customizable tool designed to clean up your YouTube interface with more straightforward and informative visual cues.
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Stats
Rating: 4.00 (202)
Version: 1.6 (Last updated: 2024-05-21)
Creation date: 2023-06-08
Weekly download count: 886
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • unlimitedStorage
  • alarms
  • https://sponsor.ajay.app/*
  • https://dearrow-thumb.ajay.app/*
  • https://*.googlevideo.com/*
  • https://*.youtube.com/*
  • https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/*
  • scripting
Size: 2.67M
Stats date:

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Summary

DeArrow is a browser extension for crowdsourcing better titles and thumbnails on YouTube. The goal of DeArrow is to make titles accurate and reduce sensationalism.

DeArrow is a paid (if you want) browser extension. You can purchase an unlimited-use license key for 1$. However, if you cannot, or do not want to pay, you can use the extension by clicking the "I can't/don't want to pay" button.

Titles can be any arbitrary text. Thumbnails are screenshots from specific timestamps in the video. These are user submitted and voted on.

By default, if there are no submissions, it will format the original title to the user-specified format, and set a screenshot from a random timestamp as the thumbnail. This can be configured in the options to disable formatting, or show the original thumbnail by default.

If the original thumbnail is actually good, you can still vote for it in the submission menu, and then it will act like a submission.

No more dealing with clickbait, arrows, or annoying faces.

Users can submit better titles and thumbnails for each video and vote on them.

How does DeArrow differ from Clickbait Remover for YouTube?

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User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Improves user experience on YouTube by reducing clickbait and unwanted thumbnails
  • Works well with a variety of channels and videos
  • Can be used for free without payment
Cons
  • Some users find the title edits made by the community to be undesirable and unhelpful
  • Issues with payment and activation codes reported by users
  • Some users experience technical glitches and slow browser performance
Most mentioned
  • Payment required to use the add-on
  • Community-driven title edits can sometimes be unhelpful
  • Improves the YouTube user experience by reducing clickbait and unwanted thumbnails
Recent reviews
My own feelings about the lead dev aside (I dislike him for personal reasons), this addon isn't very good, a lot of the rules and guidelines as well as the nature of the extension lead to titles and thumbnails that are subjectively clickbait and/or bad being treated as objectively clickbait and/or bad and being replaced with titles and thumbnails not suited to the content of the video with an overly complex whitelisting system not helping matters in the slightest. It also asks for payment up front to use it right away, which is very shady for an extension. Though if asked, the lead dev will give you a code if you ask for one in a review, though not in exchange for a review, or ask on his discord server. EDIT: Since the dev took time out of his busy day and replied to this review I will provide further context and say that these reasons were not communicated to me at all until after he'd removed my moderator status and blocked me and that I had to complain on his public discord server in order to get a response from him, which boiled down to "People were complaining about your attitude" which I was entirely unaware of and thus I was not given a chance to fix this problem until it was too late If there were any other reasons besides that, then those were never communicated to me either Also clarified some language about keys and reviews
by Wuzzle, 2024-05-18

Works like a charm. I have the free 'version' bc I don't have a credit card (no need) and no paypal (don't trust pp), but when I find a suitable way to donate, I will. Anyways, I'd like an option to personally whitelist channels for showing original thumbnails - eg music channels that continuously show babes as thumbnails, I don't mind those polluting my view :-P
by kloassie, 2024-05-17

by schammelam, 2024-05-15
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Safety
Risk impact

DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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