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

  • kent_eh@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    He has said multiple times that he doesn’t like it, but it would be a stupid to not do it

    Most youtubers don’t like it, but the numbers don’t lie: it works.

    If your business model requires clicks and views, you are pretty much forced to do what is proven to work.