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What web browser extensions would you highly recommend to others? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by TehBamski@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] smackjack@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sponsorblock for YouTube. It automatically skips over parts of videos where they try to get you to play Raid Shadow Legends.

[–] faultypidgeon@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This + DeArrow. DeArrow replaces clickbaity titles and thumbnails with better titles submitted by the community. I wouldn't ever use youtube without it again. With this setup I don't even want to watch most videos anymore, which is a good thing, because let's be real, youtube is a big waste of time.

[–] rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

let’s be real, youtube is a big waste of time

I see people say this a lot, especially on the fediverse, and it makes me wonder why people think youtube is a "waste of time" when youtube's uses are what the user makes of it.

I primarily use youtube for learning things. There are so many thousands of hours of useful, educational content on youtube that I find the suggestion that the entire platform is useless clickbait to be reductive and disingenuous.

Sure, there are channels I watch for typical mind-numbing content like Let's Plays and such, but I wouldn't suggest that youtube is wholly a waste of time just because there's plenty of mindless content on it.

Just like Reddit or Lemmy, I can create an account and subscribe to a bunch of dumb shitposting communities, but I can also subscribe to a bunch of interesting hobbyist/intrigue communities.

[–] xavier666@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

How to reduce time on Youtube or make it more enjoyable

avoid shorts completely (revanced)
avoid reaction videos
avoid any video which has someone with a mouth open or just making a ridiculous face
avoid videos with clickbaity thumbnails/titles (duh) no matter how much you like the creator
avoid videos which have "watch till the end" in the title
[Important] watch channels with moderate number of subs and views

[–] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

The SingleFile extension. It saves the current webpage you're looking at, including all images as a single webpage that you can view offline.

[–] refalo@programming.dev 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

if you're going for ultimate privacy... none, ironically.

[–] Catsrules@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

I disagree on that one. Ad blocking and tracking blocking will be more private.