Reviews for Return YouTube Dislike
Return YouTube Dislike by Dmitry Selivanov
Review by Ceru_1
Rated 5 out of 5
by Ceru_1, 3 years ago4,984 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 20153128, 15 minutes agoWorks as intended. As for the "This requires new permissions". After taking a look all its doing is hashing your user name (so you cant dislike bomb as a single user) and grabs what page your viewing (so it knows how many dislikes there are). Otherwise this app can't function as intended. For those quickly disliking this is a firefox thing. Its good to be skeptical in these times but please use due diligence :)
- Rated 5 out of 5by g1zm02k, 16 minutes ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Disco Eterno, an hour agoTe roba información y contraseñas de tus cuentas de Google. Para que el rusito hacker tenga que salir a aclararlo el log, es porque está hasta las pelotas!
Developer response
posted an hour agoThe extension only collects data that it requires to function.
The extension can only access these permissions on two sites - YouTube and it's own returnyoutubedislike - on all other sites it's not even allowed to "turn on".
Personally identifiable information - RYD’s randomly generated private user ID used to count votes, not your real identity.
Browsing activity - i.e. navigating to the next video, so that the next dislikes can be shown
Website content - i.e. the like\dislike container element
Website activithy - i.e. clicking like or dislike button.
As I already said - only on YouTube. Not everywhere.
Nothing in the extension changed - it’s open-source, so you can verify that yourself. What changed is how Mozilla labels privacy-related permissions.
The new labels sound scary, but they describe the same data the extension has always used. - Rated 1 out of 5by asmness, an hour agoVery dissapointed about the data collection. It's completely unnecessary.
Developer response
posted an hour agoThe extension only collects data that it requires to function.
The extension can only access these permissions on two sites - YouTube and it's own returnyoutubedislike - on all other sites it's not even allowed to "turn on".
Personally identifiable information - RYD’s randomly generated private user ID used to count votes, not your real identity.
Browsing activity - i.e. navigating to the next video, so that the next dislikes can be shown
Website content - i.e. the like\dislike container element
Website activithy - i.e. clicking like or dislike button.
As I already said - only on YouTube. Not everywhere.
Nothing in the extension changed - it’s open-source, so you can verify that yourself. What changed is how Mozilla labels privacy-related permissions.
The new labels sound scary, but they describe the same data the extension has always used. - Rated 1 out of 5by nosane, an hour ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by Suspect, 2 hours agoDo we finally have an update? And it hasn’t even been three years...
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 20152964, 2 hours agoalright I was initially frightened by the personal data consent request in the 4.0.6 update just like others have stated in recent reviews. i am NOT good at reading code, but even still i can view every single commit made for this update on the github. i completely understand why people are worried about this update, but reacting based on emotions isn't going to find the truth. check the github, read the code, check the security faq, and be willing to learn.
i do also want to say to the developer that your response to people's reviews has been, in my eyes, very unprofessional. even though i personally believe that you're in the right, it's still important to treat customers with respect. the security FAQ that explains this whole situation is only on the github. i believe it should be front and center in this extension page's about section. there might be less uninformed outcry if it were that much more visible.
aside from that though, the new features are excellent and i look forward to using it more. thanks again for both your effort and the github contributorsDeveloper response
posted an hour ago"customers" - yeah, I think none of the review bombers are customers.
"is only on the github" - github, discord, and every review response here. I can't update the extension description without a release, and releases take time to be approved. And I doubt these people would bother to read.
They are free to review bomb me, and I'm free to be toxic in responses as a relief. I believe I was only rude to those who were rude in the first place, but that is my opinion, of course.
Thanks for your point.
And as it comes to the permissions - the standard pasta - the extension can only access these permissions on two sites - YouTube and it's own returnyoutubedislike - on all other sites it's not even allowed to "turn on".
Personally identifiable information - RYD’s randomly generated private user ID used to count votes, not your real identity.
Browsing activity - i.e. navigating to the next video, so that the next dislikes can be shown
Website content - i.e. the like\dislike container element
Website activithy - i.e. clicking like or dislike button.
As I already said - only on YouTube. Not everywhere. - Rated 5 out of 5by Kuri, 2 hours ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18821540, 2 hours agoThank god my data isn't getting stolen. I was scared there for a second before reading the recent reviews and the developer response
Developer response
posted an hour agoThanks. Yep - this new system gives a very scary impression.
But in reality - the extension can only access these permissions on two sites - YouTube and it's own returnyoutubedislike - on all other sites it's not even allowed to "turn on".
Personally identifiable information - RYD’s randomly generated private user ID used to count votes, not your real identity.
Browsing activity - i.e. navigating to the next video, so that the next dislikes can be shown
Website content - i.e. the like\dislike container element
Website activithy - i.e. clicking like or dislike button.
As I already said - only on YouTube. Not everywhere. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 20152922, 3 hours agoI recommend everyone to remove this un-nice app.
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Required data collection, according to the developer:
Browsing activity
Personally identifying information
Website activity
Website content
Optional data collection, according to the developer:
Authentication information
'''Developer response
posted 2 hours agoThe extension can only access these permissions on two sites - YouTube and it's own returnyoutubedislike - on all other sites it's not even allowed to "turn on".
Personally identifiable information - RYD’s randomly generated private user ID used to count votes, not your real identity.
Browsing activity - i.e. navigating to the next video, so that the next dislikes can be shown
Website content - i.e. the like\dislike container element
Website activithy - i.e. clicking like or dislike button.
As I already said - only on YouTube. Not everywhere.
Nothing in the extension changed - it’s open-source, so you can verify that yourself. What changed is how Mozilla labels privacy-related permissions.
The new labels sound scary, but they describe the same data the extension has always used. - Rated 5 out of 5by ddknight, 3 hours ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by ilikethisbrowser1164, 3 hours agoi, like many others, was confused about the new permissions and came here. then i took a look at the dev's replies and it all makes sense now
to other concerned folks: please read the dev's response to other reviews, and if you're still skeptical, the code is open-source, feel free to look yourself - Rated 5 out of 5by JBoot8, 4 hours agoI was concerned about the new permissions required, but scrolled down and saw a reply from the developer explaining what was going on. Everything collected is only related to YouTube and is anonymized, the same as what previous versions were doing. The only thing that changed was how Mozilla classifies permissions.
Thank you to the dev for the explanation!Developer response
posted 3 hours agoThanks for taking your time read. I agree, this new system gives a very scary impression.
But in reality - the extension can only access these permissions on two sites - YouTube and it's own returnyoutubedislike - on all other sites it's not even allowed to "turn on".
Personally identifiable information - RYD’s randomly generated private user ID used to count votes, not your real identity.
Browsing activity - i.e. navigating to the next video, so that the next dislikes can be shown
Website content - i.e. the like\dislike container element
Website activithy - i.e. clicking like or dislike button.
As I already said - only on YouTube. Not everywhere. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19583727, 4 hours ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 20152805, 4 hours agoWith the latest update I recommend everybody flees this extension. They added further data collection that wasn't here before.
Developer response
posted 4 hours agoI would recommend to learn to read. At least before posting so categorically wrong.
The only data the extension can access is YouTube and its own returnyoutubedislike site.
Nothing in the extension changed - it’s open-source, so you can verify that yourself. What changed is how Mozilla labels privacy-related permissions.
"browsing activity" is the video url/id. And detecting that you navigated to the next video.
If you read carefully you'll see that this only applies to YouTube and RYD API - not all websites.
The extension only uses an anonymous, randomly generated ID, and the id of the video that you liked/disliked.
• YouTube access - needed to read the current video ID and show its dislike count.
• RYD API access - needed for API requests and diagnostics.
• Online/activity data - viewing, liking, or disliking videos. - only on YouTube
• Personally identifiable information - RYD’s random private user ID used to count votes, not your real identity.
• Website content - mainly the video ID.
The new labels sound scary, but they describe the same data the extension has always used. - Rated 5 out of 5by charizardcharz, 4 hours ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Dream, 4 hours agostop review bombing, it’s open-source. if you have a problem with the code, just show it.
- Rated 1 out of 5by gurei, 5 hours agorecent update made me immediately uninstall. what in the world lmao
- Rated 5 out of 5by Koomongous, 5 hours agoI was concerned for a moment, but taking a look:
"From November 3, 2025, all new extensions must adopt the Firefox built-in data collection consent system. Extensions must state if and what data they collect or transmit. New versions and updates for add-ons created before November 3 don’t need to use this feature, but will have to at a later date."
This appears to apply in this case :) - Rated 5 out of 5by Nikitamce, 5 hours ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by humble_fierfoxuser1, 5 hours agoGreat add-on. Decided to make an account just to give it 5 stars. A lot of the 1 star reviews are just xenophobic.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Artcas2, 5 hours agoSeeing the wave of negative reviews following the latest update, I decided to leave a 5-star rating to support you. Keep up the good work!
- Rated 1 out of 5by rizzcum, 5 hours ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 20152681, 5 hours agoUNINSTALL IMMEDIATELY Firefox says this extension now collects personally identifying information, browser activity, website content, and website activity.
- Rated 5 out of 5by astehlik, 5 hours agoWorks like a charm, thank you :)
To the review bombers: the changed permissions request comes due to a new consent mechanism in Firefox, NOT because the Add-on steals your data!