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Can you give some examples?

NewPipe is perfect for me: https://newpipe.net/

I'm glad its perfect for you, but NewPipe doesn't have the option to change thumbnails, and by far the most annoying thing about YT right now are clickbait thumbnails, personally without this feature I don't even consider it a option to replace the official YT app, I'm trying to reach those who thing this feature its a priority (but perhaps are not willing to pay for it)

NewPipe has a manual option that just disables rendering of a thumbnail altogether, which is fine for me. No AI, no latency, no nothing. Apparently Invidious has this on their web client as well, as the "thin mode" checkbox that shrinks video boxes to a title only.

I'm not trying to rain on your parade, but personally I'm fine without AI stand-ins for clickbait thumbnails. Given how bad YouTube titles and descriptions are these days, you might have a hard time even finding a clickbait-free prompt in the first place.

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