Reviews for Return YouTube Dislike
Return YouTube Dislike by Dmitry Selivanov
4,375 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by Benjamin, 6 hours ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15676080, a day ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by WorstthanKaizer, 2 days agoJust wanted to say thank you for creating this extension and still supporting it to this day, its always been great for me! Weather im on firefox or a chromium based browser it works wonders.
- Rated 5 out of 5by privacyiskey669, 3 days agoI was scared for those permissions needed so i looked into it, Turns out the addon dev is right its Mozilla its just really poorly named
More info can be found here
discourse.mozilla.org/t/the-new-data-transmission-permissions-seem-to-be-misleading-to-users/Developer response
posted 3 days agoThanks for taking the time to look into the permissions and share what you found.
RYD hasn’t changed how it handles your data. What changed is how Mozilla labels these permissions - not what the extension does with your data.
The extension only uses the data it needs to display dislikes and count votes.
Its site permissions cover YouTube and its own API at returnyoutubedislikeapi.com. RYD doesn’t read other websites, and these site permissions cannot be used to access them.
Here’s what those permissions mean:
Personally identifiable information - RYD’s randomly generated, anonymous user ID, used to count votes. This isn’t your Google or YouTube account.
Browsing activity - opening the next YouTube video, so the extension can send its video ID and fetch the new dislike count.
Website content - things like the visible like count, which helps calculate dislike estimates.
Website activity - clicking Like or Dislike.
Again, this is about YouTube activity. The extension isn’t watching everything you do across the internet - it simply can’t do that with these site permissions.
The new labels sound scary, but they don’t let the extension access any additional websites.
RYD is open source, so you can see how it works: https://github.com/Anarios/return-youtube-dislike - Rated 5 out of 5by nonotapierson, 3 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by bruh, 3 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Kaine, 3 days agoThe new permission request surprised me at first, but after reading the developer's explanation, it makes total sense. It sounds scarier than it actually is, and that's on Mozilla, not the developer. There's no need to be paranoid (it's open source, so you can check the code yourselves!)
Thanks for being transparent about the permissions and keeping the extension updated.Developer response
posted 3 days agoThanks for the kind words and for taking the time to read the explanation.
RYD hasn’t changed how it handles your data. What changed is how Mozilla labels these permissions - not what the extension does with your data.
RYD uses only the data needed to display dislikes and count votes.
Its site permissions cover YouTube and its own API at returnyoutubedislikeapi.com. RYD doesn’t read other websites, and these site permissions cannot be used to access them.
Here’s what those permissions mean:
Personally identifiable information - RYD’s randomly generated, anonymous user ID, used to count votes. This isn’t your Google or YouTube account.
Browsing activity - opening the next YouTube video, so the extension can send its video ID and fetch the new dislike count.
Website content - things like the visible like count, which helps calculate dislike estimates.
Website activity - clicking Like or Dislike.
Again, this is about YouTube activity. The extension isn’t watching everything you do across the internet - it simply can’t do that with these site permissions.
The new labels can sound scary, but they don’t expand the set of websites the extension can access.
RYD is open source, so you can see how it works: https://github.com/Anarios/return-youtube-dislike - Rated 5 out of 5by eX-Rayted, 3 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Chulup, 3 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by i can't read, 4 days agoWhen I first saw the extension requiring "new" permissions like PII, the first thing I did was check the reviews if anyone had any information on why these new perms were required and if it'd be better to uninstall.
I was not expecting that person to be the developer of the extension, with a full in-depth explanation of why each new perm was needed, if the extension was trusted, and information on why the permissions were rebranded.
This is the first time I've EVER seen a developer take the time to read negative reviews, explain, and attempt to help with any issues. I've been using this extension for a while, and I could tell this project was difficult to maintain just based on how it was made.
You are perhaps the greatest developer I've seen purely for actually listening to what people had to say and addressing the constant 1 star reviews with actual notes. I created an account purely to say that this extension has been great for quite a while now, and keeping servers alive with little monetization, pushing out updates, taking time to read feedback, addressing questions, it's all extremely impressive and genuinely makes me want to support the project. Cheers mate.Developer response
posted 4 days agoThanks for the kind words and for taking the time to share them.
RYD hasn’t changed how it handles your data. What changed is how Mozilla labels these permissions - not what the extension does with your data.
The extension uses only the data it needs to show dislikes and count votes.
Its site permissions cover YouTube and its own API at returnyoutubedislikeapi.com. RYD doesn’t read other websites, and these site permissions cannot be used to access them.
Here’s what those permissions mean:
Personally identifiable information - RYD’s randomly generated, anonymous user ID, used to count votes. This isn’t your Google or YouTube account.
Browsing activity - opening the next YouTube video, so the extension can send its video ID and fetch the new dislike count.
Website content - things like the visible like count, which helps calculate dislike estimates.
Website activity - clicking Like or Dislike.
Again, this is about YouTube activity. The extension isn’t watching everything you do across the internet - it simply can’t do that with these site permissions.
The new labels sound scary, but they don’t give the extension access to more websites.
RYD is open source, so you can see how it works: https://github.com/Anarios/return-youtube-dislike - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 20160975, 5 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19722038, 5 days agoHow is this still working? I thought recently youtube removed dislikes in their backend.
Developer response
posted 5 days agoThey did, about 4 years ago, we have to keep our own "parallel" servers to YouTube. - Rated 5 out of 5by RoyalCat, 5 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by ycx, 6 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Immersion, 6 days agoSucks the extension is getting reviewed bombed for something small, I would just prefer to have the dislike button work on private windows also
- Rated 5 out of 5by DwarfyAssassin, 6 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Tomas Nylen, 6 days ago
Developer response
posted 6 days agoThanks for the kind words - glad it’s working well for you!
RYD hasn’t changed how it handles your data. Mozilla changed the way it labels these permissions - what the extension does with your data is the same.
The extension uses only the data needed to show dislikes and count votes.
Its site permissions cover YouTube and its own API at returnyoutubedislikeapi.com. RYD doesn’t read other websites, and these site permissions cannot be used to access them.
Here’s what those permissions mean:
Personally identifiable information - RYD’s randomly generated, anonymous user ID, used to count votes. This isn’t your Google or YouTube account.
Browsing activity - opening the next YouTube video, so the extension can send its video ID and fetch the new dislike count.
Website content - things like the visible like count, which helps calculate dislike estimates.
Website activity - clicking Like or Dislike.
Again, this is about YouTube activity. The extension isn’t watching everything you do across the internet - it simply can’t do that with these site permissions.
The new labels can sound scary, but they don’t allow the extension to access more websites.
RYD is open source, so you can see how it works: https://github.com/Anarios/return-youtube-dislike- Rated 5 out of 5by StoneKat, 6 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15848041, 6 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 12203044, 6 days agoI'm writing this for other reviewers in case they read it. Firefox did change their policies, they implemented more clarifying information options regarding permissions and data, which they require the developers to use, but these options are too broad and they kind of backfire, and despite what the developer of this addon claims, it's a failure on Firefox's side.
And no, this addon DOES NOT simply revert Youtube's change of removing the dislike counter. Nobody knows the exact number as it is inaccessible, hence the app requires data to calculate a close estimate based on user activity. Literally nobody can "just return Youtube dislikes".
Edit: "RYD hasn’t changed how it handles your data. What changed is Mozilla’s wording for these permissions - not what the extension does with your data." That's what I was trying to say too. Mozilla is asking for more / different clarification, but they are only confusing things in some situations, like here.Developer response
posted 6 days agoThanks for taking the time to share your perspective.
RYD hasn’t changed how it handles your data. What changed is Mozilla’s wording for these permissions - not what the extension does with your data.
The extension uses only the data it needs to show dislikes and count votes.
Its site permissions cover YouTube and its own API at returnyoutubedislikeapi.com. RYD doesn’t read other websites, and these site permissions cannot be used to access them.
Here’s what those permissions mean:
Personally identifiable information - RYD’s randomly generated, anonymous user ID, used to count votes. This isn’t your Google or YouTube account.
Browsing activity - opening the next YouTube video, so the extension can send its video ID and fetch the new dislike count.
Website content - things like the visible like count, which helps calculate dislike estimates.
Website activity - clicking Like or Dislike.
Again, this is about YouTube activity. The extension isn’t watching everything you do across the internet - it simply can’t do that with these site permissions.
The new labels can sound scary, but they don’t give the extension access to more websites.
RYD is open source, so you can see how it works: https://github.com/Anarios/return-youtube-dislike - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 20158930, 6 days ago"requires personal information" is a false red flag, the dev has confirmed it, the project is still being handled by the original creator and isn't being used for datamining.... riiiight Dmitry?
Developer response
posted 6 days ago"Personal information" - is the random user ID generated by extension to count your votes.
And if you don't like it - you can disable it in the settings.
So it's technically correct, but most of people imagine something different when they read it. - Rated 5 out of 5by randomunicorn129, 6 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Jake, 6 days ago