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[–] Kyoyeou@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Man this creator keeps on giving, making YouTube better than Google does so

[–] Wxnzxn@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

It's pretty telling a platform like YouTube really only gets fully enjoyable with an adblocker, sponsorblock and this. I wish PeerTube had a lot of good creators, but last time I checked (years ago, admittedly) it was mostly conspiracy theorists and cryptobros.

[–] DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I did the opposite. I installed an addon that adds Mr Beast to every thumbnail.

[–] BitingChaos@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I need a mod for my phone my that just makes every icon a picture of some character with their mouth wide open, yelling.

(refer to this reddit post for what I mean)

Calculator? Someone yelling.

Settings? Someone yelling.

Camera app? Believe it or not, someone yelling.

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

¿Por que no los dos?

Remove all the click bait to make room for Mr. Beast XD

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I've used it for exactly three minutes and this is already amazing. I hope it gets integrated into ReVanced and Newpipe.

[–] Acid@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Really good extension, I've added it to my browser.

While some creators like Linus have said they dislike the clickbaity titles and thumbnails but they have to do it due to engagement that's simply because the younger generations are the ones engaging with that content. As an older person I'd rather just have a to the point description of what I'm going to get.

[–] Tanoh@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There is a reason clickbait images and titles are used, they work. If they didn't work, no one would use them.

[–] eskimofry@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You must think marketing is made of infallible geniuses. Just because it exists doesn't make it good.

[–] spacedancer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

They didn’t say it was good, just that it’s what works; that’s why it’s everywhere.

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I don’t think it can be said to conclusively be an age issue. I assure you that many Boomers and older Xers love clickbait titles.

It’s a more granular demographic than just age.

[–] restarossa@infosec.pub 1 points 2 years ago

But I don't want to reward people that do this by watching their videos

[–] GammaScorpii@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Also be sure to get the restore YouTube dislike button extension

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

As well as uBlock Origin, Sponsorblock and BlockTube.