DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails

Crowdsourcing titles and thumbnails to be descriptive and not sensational

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DeArrow: End Clickbait with Community Titles

DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails is a Chrome extension leveraging the power of crowdsourcing to provide YouTube users with honest, descriptive video titles and unbiased thumbnails, reducing clickbait and sensational content. Users can purchase the extension or opt for a free version, contributing to or voting on submissions for improved accuracy and a better viewing experience. DeArrow ensures authenticity by offering user-customized title formats and random video screenshots when community content is unavailable.

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Extension stats

By: https://dearrow.ajay.app

Users: 70,000+

Rating: 4.32

(237)

0.01

Version: 2.0.3 (Last updated: 2025-03-04)

Creation date: 2023-06-10

Permissions:

storage
unlimitedStorage
alarms
scripting

Host permissions:

https://sponsor.ajay.app/*
https://dearrow-thumb.ajay.app/*
https://dearrow.ajay.app/*
https://*.youtube.com/*
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/*

Size: 1.29M

Email: de*****@ajay.app

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 2,983 ▲ 77

Other rankings

#242 in Functionality & UI ▼ 1

#34 in machine learning algorithms keyword 6 ▼ 7

#44 in submit keyword 2 ▼ 3

#168 in youtube keyword 87 ▼ 8

#178 in format keyword 18 ▼ 3

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Other platforms

Not available on Android

DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube (v2.0.1)

31,648+ 4.02

(294)

Not available on Edge

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Effectively reduces clickbait thumbnails and titles on YouTube.
Enhances the overall browsing experience on YouTube by removing obnoxious visuals.
Community-driven approach allows for user contributions to improve title and thumbnail quality.
Users report satisfaction with the extension's functionality and its impact on their viewing experience.

Cons

Replacement titles can often be awkward, overly generic, or unnecessarily changed.
Some users experience performance issues, such as slowing down YouTube significantly.
Users have noted the potential for losing access due to licensing and paid features, leading to frustrations about artificial restrictions.
Community-sourced replacements sometimes lack quality control, resulting in poorly phrased titles.

Most mentioned

The extension removes clickbait from titles and thumbnails.
Performance issues when the extension is enabled, particularly slowing down YouTube.
Concerns over the quality of community-submitted replacements for titles and thumbnails.

User reviews

Please make this for Firefox

Puneet Mhajan, 2025-03-07

Good idea but too aggressive. I'd use if there was some kind of tier system that makes submitters specify how clickbaity the thumbnail/title they're replacing were, so that way people could choose what level to filter out. Even the examples on the DeArrow website, which I imagine were cherry picked, have some perfectly good titles and thumbnails that got replaced for no reason. I also understand why the thumbnails work they way they do, but it just makes them so much worse. Being able to only filter out the bad clickbait would solve this so we could stop seeing the obnoxious thumbnails without the innocent ones being replaced by generic screenshots.

Dolan Blozvich, 2025-02-27

Unshittifies my timeline for $1 (I gave $5). The devs gotta make money somehow- else; how are they going to host the backend to make this possible? Think, people; THINK!

Arihan Jalan, 2025-02-26

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Extension safety

Risk impact

DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Request access to the following domains: ajay.app, youtube.com, youtube-nocookie.com
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Risk likelihood

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Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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