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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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(Request) Jailbreak tweak #59

Open mat926 opened 2 years ago

mat926 commented 2 years ago

Could you implement a jailbreak tweak to show thumbnail ratings in the YouTube app for iOS?

elliotwaite commented 2 years ago

I'm not sure how this would be possible without having access to the app's source code. Also, even if it were possible, I would think there would be legal concerns. But let me know if you think otherwise.

I think the current best option for getting something to work on mobile is the previous idea of getting the extension to work on mobile browsers (https://github.com/elliotwaite/thumbnail-rating-bar-for-youtube/issues/42), although the app is usually a better user experience.

mat926 commented 2 years ago

There are already apps like cercube that inject into the regular YouTube app and blocks ads on it.

elliotwaite commented 2 years ago

Ah, got it, so it might actually be possible. Good to know.

I still have concerns about legality, but if you think there would be a way to do it that would not violate any policies, let me know.

Also, this type of development seems pretty far outside my current knowledge base, so I currently wouldn't want to invest the time that would be required to learn more about how to implement this. But if someone else wants to work on this in a way that doesn't violate any policies, and wants to have that work associated with this extension. Let me know and we can look into it further.

mat926 commented 2 years ago

Do you have an api for your extension so developers could implement it in their apps?

elliotwaite commented 2 years ago

My extension actually uses a third-party API, the Return YouTube Dislike API. So others that want to get rating info could just use that one as well.