Reviews for Return YouTube Dislike
Return YouTube Dislike by Dmitry Selivanov
Review by w00my
Rated 5 out of 5
by w00my, 3 years ago4,973 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by JBoot8, 20 minutes 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 minutes 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, 32 minutes ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 20152805, 40 minutes agoWith the latest update I recommend everybody flees this extension. They added further data collection that wasn't here before.
Developer response
posted 13 minutes 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, an hour ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Dream, an hour agostop review bombing, it’s open-source. if you have a problem with the code, just show it.
- Rated 1 out of 5by gurei, an hour agorecent update made me immediately uninstall. what in the world lmao
- Rated 5 out of 5by Koomongous, an hour 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, an hour ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by humble_fierfoxuser1, 2 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, 2 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, 2 hours ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 20152681, 2 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, 2 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! - Rated 3 out of 5by ONEEX, 2 hours ago•I’m giving it a 3 for the policy – you’re either a developer or a politician🤡 – make up your mind!•
Developer response
posted 2 hours ago"you’re either a developer or a politician🤡 – make up your mind"
'squse me? - Rated 5 out of 5by serg, 3 hours agoJust a must have, an essential add-on. And very well made. And made by a good person, who supports freedom and democracy. What's not to like?
Also the latest update is excellent. I think I'll go support you on Patreon for the additional features - they look really neat and it's a good idea.
Please continue doing this. - Rated 5 out of 5by Vince, 3 hours agoFor those concerned about the new version, you can click "See all versions", download 3.0.0.18, extract with 7-Zip, and ask an AI to compare permissions and URL's with 4.0.6. It looks safe to me, but that's for you to decide.
Developer response
posted 3 hours agoYep, that's one way, another is git history at https://github.com/Anarios/return-youtube-dislike/releases - Rated 5 out of 5by meowster, 4 hours agoi, like many others, was surprised by the notification telling me of recent permission changes, but i took the time to see what changed and now i am back to using it, simple.
you cannot review bomb because "dev is a russian spy", they support ukraine and even then it has no basis, let's not be silly.
thanks for the hard work.Developer response
posted 3 hours agoThanks for taking your time to read before review bombing. Seems to be a relatively rare skill nowdays. - Rated 5 out of 5by zheryy, 4 hours ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Miles, 4 hours agoI felt uneasy after this release. It was a solid release then they had to get my browsing activity. Thanks but no thanks.
Developer response
posted 4 hours ago"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.
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 extension can only access two websites - YouTube and RYD's own website
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 Stefan Pelskamp, 4 hours ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 18896974, 4 hours agoRussian spyware nonsense - never install this garbage.
Developer response
posted 4 hours agoYou could open the homepage of extension to know my position on russians. By a huge "support Ukraine" banner.
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 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.
• 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 rivage, 5 hours agoGiving you 5 stars to support you in these tough times of review bombing :)
- Rated 5 out of 5by bri, 6 hours ago