clickbait-remover-for-youtube VS videospeed

If you are on desktop I can only recommend Clickbait Remover

Literally called clickbait remover: https://github.com/pietervanheijningen/clickbait-remover-for-youtube

I've been using https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/clickbait-remover-... this extension for quite some time. Works wonderfully.

Like Clickbait Remover for Youtube which pulls actual thumbnails from the video instead of whatever garbage the uploader decided would be enticing. AFAIK there isn't a way to do that genericly as the fetch thumbnail from x time part isn't standardised.

If you use Chrome, YouTube Shorts Block [1] is a good extension for that.

And while we're talking about extensions to customize your YT experience, here's three more that I really enjoy:

- Clickbait Remover [2], to remove the usually clickbait-ish thumbnails

- Unhook [3], to remove the recommended videos entirely (this helped me reduce the time spent on YT. I browse on my phone, add to watch later, so on desktop I only search or watch what I have previously added to my queue)

- Video Speed Controller [4]. This one is super popular, so probably you already have it installed.

[1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/youtube-shorts-blo...

[2] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/clickbait-remover-...

[3] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/unhook-remove-yout...

[4] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-speed-contro...

There's this chrome extension called Clickbait remover. It basically makes YouTube videos less enticing to click on. This would make it less likely for me to binge watch videos instead of doing productive things with my life. Same thing for hiding the home page.

chromium version

However, I have found a partial solution. Using the "video speed controller"(link) extension you can instead speed up ads so they last only a few seconds.

Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-speed-controller/nffaoalbilbmmfgbnbgppjihopabppdk

just use video speed controller https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-speed-contro...

For those who didn't knew about this, but you can use an extension like Video Speed Controller to seek through playing ads with a button press.

Video Speed Controller - This one has been a must for me. It changes the speed of a video using keyboard shortcuts. I have it set to increase the speed by 1x each time I push the "d" key, and decrease it by 1x when I push the "s" key. I also have it set to go to 4x speed when I push the "g" key. In addition, the extension contains additional functionality that lets you skip around in a video, I have it set to a minute, using shortcut keys. This is a great addition I use sometimes to YouTube's default 5 and 10 second skip times. One thing to note - this extension works on ALL videos on ALL websites, but note you can set it to only work on YouTube. Video Speed Controller - Chrome Web Store (google.com)

For example, if you use the Video Speed Controller extension on Chrome and want to automate its setup, you can use this command:

Video Speed Controller

On a semi-related note, you can control the speed of almost any streaming video on any chromium based browser with this extension: Video Speed Controller