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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

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[โ€“] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There's unfortunelately a good reason for them to keep doing it; it works

[โ€“] jadenity@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Exactly. I watch a lot of YouTubers who don't really like having to make clickbait, but it's the algorithm that promotes it, so they need to conform to what works.