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elliotwaite / thumbnail-rating-bar-for-youtube

A Chrome and Firefox extension for YouTube that adds a rating bar (likes/dislikes ratio) to the bottom of every thumbnail.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/youtube-thumbnail-rating/cmlddjbnoehmihdmfhaacemlpgfbpoeb
MIT License
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[Requests] Llike bar in current video, and progress bar in suggested #53

Open Aspartaco opened 2 years ago

Aspartaco commented 2 years ago

Hello, I'd like to request, if it's possible, for the extension to show the rating bar in the current video, since it's no longer visible. It's visible on thumbnails so I hope it's possible.

Another request is to show the red progress bar on suggested videos -I already watched- on the right side of the current video. It used to appear there until a few days ago.

Thanks!

elliotwaite commented 2 years ago

@Aspartaco, thanks for the suggestions. I am still trying to figure out the future of this extension once they remove the dislikes data from the API, but my current thinking is that I will add an option that will let users choose which alternative 3rd party likes/dislikes API to use instead of YouTube's official API. One of those alternative APIs might be https://returnyoutubedislike.com, and their extension already has the feature that returns the rating bar to the current video page. For now, I'd recommend installing their extension, and perhaps I'll integrate that feature into this extension as well at some point if that would be better.

About the red progress bar, I'll have to look into that some more. But this might just be a temporary issue related to some things getting shuffled around while YouTube transitions to removing the dislikes, so I'd like to wait to see if this is still an issue sometime after Dec 13th (the date when YouTube plans to remove dislikes from the API) to see if this is still an issue then.

sourceholder commented 2 years ago

+1 for this feature request.

As a workaround for now, I've installed extension "Return YouTube Dislike" which attempts to restore like/dislike ratio. However, the extension uses historical data extrapolation, crowd sourced data and other tricks to produce a ratio. I'm concerned about their privacy practices a bit as well.

I would prefer to use this project's extension's YT API integration.

elliotwaite commented 2 years ago

I would prefer to use this project's extension's YT API integration.

@sourceholder, since the YT API no longer provides dislike data, this extension has switched to using the Return YouTube Dislike API to get rating data.

I am also currently using the Return YouTube Dislike extension to add the rating bar to the video page. And since this extension uses their API for data, I am in support of others also installing that extension, since the more users that use their extension, the potentially more accurate their ratings will be.

Also, Linus addresses some of the privacy concerns around using the Return YouTube Dislike extension in his latest video:

And you can find more privacy info about the extension in their security FAQ: https://github.com/Anarios/return-youtube-dislike/blob/main/SECURITY-FAQ.md

However, if people would still prefer that this extension (Thumbnail Rating Bar for YouTube) add the rating bar to the video page if users do not have the Return YouTube Dislike extension installed, by just using their data through their API, I'd be open to that feature being added. However, I currently don't have time to work on adding it, but I would be open to reviewing PRs if anyone wants to take the time to implement it.