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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by oct_opus@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

Hello fellow, ~~lemmings~~, lemmur !

If you are like me, you probably spend a lot of time on YouTube, more than you want to admit.

I remember the days when videos had stars instead of thumbs up or down, and when YouTube had, let's say, more mature content on it.

Now the site has a lot of functionalitys that are great for Google, but that I don't need nor want.

So, to improve the enjoyment of the platform, I present to you the ultimate extension survival kit for YouTube:

  1. uBlock Origin: (or your favorite ad-blocker) This is an absolute must-have. It's a good ad-blocker that not only blocks YouTube ads but also works across all websites. It's lightweight, efficient, and open-source. Say goodbye to ads.
  2. SponsorBlock: Skip over the sponsored segments of videos. It's a community-driven project, with users submitting the timestamps of sponsored content. You can even customize it to skip over different types of segments like intros, outros, and more.
  3. Return YouTube Dislike: Since YouTube removed the dislike count, it's been harder to gauge the quality of videos. This extension brings back the dislike count.
  4. DeArrow: Extension for crowdsourcing better titles and thumbnails. It removes click-bait titles and thumbnails providing a cleaner Youtube.
  5. YouTube Shorts Block: If you're not a fan of shorts, this extension is for you. It plays the Youtube shorts video as if it were a normal video and hides the "shorts" tab from the left menu. Firefox Link Chrome Link
  6. Enhancer for YouTube: Allows you to add theming options, auto-HD, keyboard shortcuts and more.

These are the extensions I use. Don't hesitate to suggest more. I will edit the post accordingly.

It's not lost on me that these extensions remove many things that were not initially a problem on YouTube but that either arose because of the monetary incentive of Google handling the website, Youtubers trying to make money, or as countermeasures to problems that were taken care of by a previous extension. This kind of feels like an arms race…

Edit 1: Changed the YouTube Shorts Block description and added Enhancer for YouTube

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[-] tinned_tomatoes@feddit.uk 12 points 1 year ago
[-] SeaJ@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Is Revanced better now? I remember trying it a year or two ago and it was garbage.

Edit: my issue was that I had downloaded a pre-compiled Revanced YouTube APK which was a pile of shit.

[-] WEAPONX@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Works well for me, and I've been using it basically since the beginning.

[-] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

What's the issue you were having with it?

[-] SeaJ@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

The your I was having with it was that I downloaded a pre-compiled APK. Just compiled my own just now and it works great!

[-] ridethisbike@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Sounds to me like the older version had issues. Pre-compiled or self probably had nothing to do with it. Now you just have the newer better version that you happened to compile yourself

[-] Hyperi0n@lemmy.film 2 points 1 year ago

There's never really been an issue with it. Just a little complicated to set up in the beginning.

Now it's easy to install and it works with MicroG.

[-] tinned_tomatoes@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

What do you mean? Last year, I effectively had to stop using it because Google was testing a new blocking method in the UK - this resulted in constant buffering.

A recent update has resolved this issue, and the app is back to being the best version of YouTube available.

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