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Top Extensions to Make YouTube Bearable (lemmy.world)

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

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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:

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.
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.
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.
DeArrow: Extension for crowdsourcing better titles and thumbnails. It removes click-bait titles and thumbnails providing a cleaner Youtube.
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
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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[–] sic_semper_tyrannis@feddit.ch 1 points 1 year ago

FreeTube has Sponsorblock built in as a default option
NewPipe on Android (Fdroid store) or NewPipe X SponsorBlock via IzzyOnDroid repo

[–] autokludge@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

I came across Unhook, which lets you remove parts of YouTube that are designed to keep you there.

Changed the YT home page to subscriptions instead of 'the algorithm'.

[–] yemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

For YouTube Shorts, you can copy this filter into the uBlock My Filters.

[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Reminder to all, Firefox on Android can use UBlock Origin. It's an easy setup, no more ads.

[–] beefontoast@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Brave browser on android has YouTube ad blocking by default.

[–] BaroqueInMind@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Corollary, you can install Firefox Nightly and setup an addon collection on the FF website and use pretty much all desktop addons on your mobile Firefox browser.