Ask HN: Extension to remove annoying YouTube faces

6 pointsby pomdevvvor 2 Jahren7 comments

Guys,

Would you use an extension to automatically remove the videos with annoying faces thumbnail ?

4 comments

pomdevvvor 2 Jahren

Wow this is really good ! It's even more advanced than my idea

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/yt-thumbs-shorts-bl...

I made this simple chrome-extension, which blocks youtube-thumbnails & shorts. Nothing fancy.

Internally, it blocks network requests which are related to thumbnails.

Additionally, you can use "Clickbait Remover for YouTube" extension. It simply replaces the thumbnails with a snapshot of the video.

byte0vor 2 Jahren

I think there is already an extension that does this, even though I can't seem to find it right now. But anyway, why would I give myself the ability to accidentally click on some of these videos? For me, the faces act as a filter to ignore them.

pomdevvvor 2 Jahren

Let's completely remove them from your feed

wruzavor 2 Jahren

SponsorBlock recommends Dearrow, but personally I didn’t try it yet (don’t have that much crap in my thumbnails).

pomdevvvor 2 Jahren

I just checked it out and it's awesome ! It replaces clickbait thumbnails with a screen of the video and the title also