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📣 pomdevv

Extension to remove annoying YouTube faces


Guys,

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


  👤 synthoidzeta Accepted Answer ✓

👤 leaf-node
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.


👤 byte0
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.

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