Ask HN: Extension to remove annoying YouTube faces

Posted by pomdevv on Friday September 20, 2024 @11:35AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Guys,

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

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Re:Ask HN: Extension to remove annoying YouTube faces by byte0 on Friday September 20, 2024 @02:53PM (#41604606)

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.

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Re:Ask HN: Extension to remove annoying YouTube faces by pomdevv on Saturday September 21, 2024 @06:11AM (#41608909)

Let's completely remove them from your feed

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Re:Ask HN: Extension to remove annoying YouTube faces by leaf-node on Friday September 20, 2024 @04:40PM (#41605351)

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.

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Re:Ask HN: Extension to remove annoying YouTube faces by synthoidzeta on Friday September 20, 2024 @07:06PM (#41606239)

Try this: https://dearrow.ajay.app/

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Re:Ask HN: Extension to remove annoying YouTube faces by pomdevv on Saturday September 21, 2024 @06:24AM (#41608979)

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

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Re:Ask HN: Extension to remove annoying YouTube faces by wruza on Friday September 20, 2024 @07:53PM (#41606450)

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

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Re:Ask HN: Extension to remove annoying YouTube faces by pomdevv on Saturday September 21, 2024 @06:25AM (#41608982)

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

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