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It also restored the dislike button and added support for sponsorblock (which can automatically skip sponsor segments, as well as intros, outros, "like and subs
by nfriedly 5y ago
It also restored the dislike button and added support for sponsorblock (which can automatically skip sponsor segments, as well as intros, outros, "like and subscribe" reminders, non-music sections of music videos, and other fluff.)
The name comes from it being an "advanced" YouTube app, only without any "ad"s ;)
Oh, and you could disable the comments section!
All-in-all, it just made YouTube a much better experience.
- adamsmith143 5y ago>It also restored the dislike button As a useless button to click? I would assume youtube removed the actual functionality in the backend so what's the point of the button?
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- nfriedly 5y agoI think it used an alternate backend, possibly https://returnyoutubedislike.com/ https://returnyoutubedislike.com/
- aembleton 5y agoYes, it is that one.
- judge2020 5y agoIt uses an alternative backend where videos pre-removal had their dislike counters archived, and anything post-removal uses dislike data from users with the extension to crowdsource a likely dislike counter. (in theory, if 5% of viewers of a video are people that have the extension, and only 10% of those viewers hit the dislike button, chances are that's a good sample size to assume that this video should have a 10% dislike ratio, but in practice it's probably a bit more complicated/weighted)
- outadoc 5y ago
- vageli 5y ago> What a complicated process, all just to express your hatred. Since when is a downvote equivalent to hate?
- pbhjpbhj 5y ago"Dislike" doesn't mean hate, personally I've only downvoted YouTube videos when they were badly made, or badly presented to the extent that almost any other video on the topic would be better. It's not about hate, it's a signal that the video is probably going to be a waste of time for the watcher.
- mschuster91 5y ago
- alluro2 5y agoMaking better tools that will detect and manage downvote bombing and hate should be fairly simple if Youtube could be bothered by any of it. Removing the absolutely needed and valid functionality that is normally used to signal the quality of the content, and save viewers' time, for all users and all cases, should not be the justified sacrifice, just in order to mitigate one bad way to use it.
- breakfastduck 5y agoAbsolute nonsense. You've obviously never used Youtube for anything educational if you can't see the value of the dislike button. This comment is loaded with 'well meaning virtue' but ultimately it does more harm than good. You're taking it away because some celebrity you like got sad because their video got disliked? Bloody hell.
- MMS21 5y ago
- RandallBrown 5y agoYouTube still has a dislike button. They just don't show you the number of dislikes anymore.
- TheRealSteel 5y agoOh wow, I just assumed it was made by a guy called Vance.
- huseyinkeles 5y agoBob Vance from Vance Refrigeration /s
- a_chris 5y agoI know I would find a comment like this! Love you guys
- bobkazamakis 5y agosometimes the flowers arrange themselves, Jim.
- alasano 5y agoI think my positive perception of self named software dates back to Irfanview. I've been using it since 1998, never felt the need to change to anything else.
- rzzzt 5y agoACDSee and XnView were also big players at the time. I also faintly remember one with a panda in its logo, but can't tell what it was...