youtube experience is incomplete without this extension

I'm not concerned at all about the new permissions -- it's the exact same thing as before, but looks "worse" (though still relatively harmless) due to re-labeling on behalf of Mozilla.

I get it, of course it's violently irritating to see something like that pop up regardless of circumstances. But my friends, there's literally zero difference between this new permission notification and the previous permissions with regard to privacy. It seems that Mozilla is just trying to be clearer about permissions (which is actually a good thing). It can make extensions/permissions look more intimidating than they actually are sometimes because the categories are so broad. Nothing permission-wise has actually changed.

This isn't even a Return YouTube Dislike changing their permissions thing, it's just a "Mozilla decided to re-label some stuff" thing. All gucci.

...Heh, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that if I were to ever pay a monthly subscription for an extension, though, I would be figuratively (and possibly literally) smoking the crack. I would be happy to pay a one-time purchase/donation like DeArrow, though (it doesn't have to just be $1, lol).

So yes, I admit that Netflix and it's consequences have been a disaster for the "people who can do basic multiplication and understand $15 a month = $150 a year" race. I would never attempt to deny that. I'm happy to see you earning something back for all your hard work on creating/upkeeping this thing, though.

People rarely want to give developers enough credit (let alone anything of actual monetary value) for the extensions that they figure just magically exist and upkeep themselves for free. As long as it's all for new, extra stuff (and original functions don't get locked behind a paywall as "features"), I'm all for it.

God bless, hope the negative reviews ease off once people actually start to understand what is happening (and that you've done literally nothing wrong.) xoxox

Like many others, the new permissions thing concerned me, but unlike many others I actually looked into it and - like other reviews say - it's just a change on how Mozilla defines these permissions. Let this hopefully be a lesson to at least one person to research something before making conclusions.

Massive YT slowdowns.

Hello Dmiry. Thanks for this extension. I've been using it for years without issues.
Like many others, the recent permissions change felt fishy and prompted me to take a look at reviews.
It appears that the change is safe and that it's Firefox's new permission model that is somewhat misleading.
I suggest that you display an explanatory statement before the extension requests the new permission. You already kind of did, but it does not explain *why* such "intrusive" permissions are now required. Thanks.

"Optional data collection, according to the developer:

Authentication information
Browsing activity
Personally identifying information
Website activity
Website content"

Apparently not "optional" anymore, as I can't use the extension without showing my browsing activity, etc. I have uninstalled this extension until this privacy concern is corrected

EDIT: If is the case that it's a FF enforced label, then the developer should update the description of their extension, because it currently leads the users into believing these are optional permissions, when they are not

READ BEFORE 1-STARRING

I was initially scared by the new data collection popup and denied every update since, but now the extension stopped working, which forced me to remove it or investigate it.

Saw the devs explanation in the description, but didn't just trust the devs word as was still sceptical, so I dug in and did a quick audit of the open source code, it's clearly safe. Sounds good, but then I found out that Mozilla doesn't build that and instead receives manual source from the dev, so I dug more, got the OSS code, downloaded the extension file and compared the code, they are the same. It's exactly as the dev claims: the popup is just Mozilla's new required labelling, not new data collection. The extension only talks to its own API and YouTube, votes are just a random IDs, and nothing else is sent. Safe to update, the dev isn't hiding anything.

requesting permissions to see my browsing? GOODBYE.

This was great until the developer recently requested to track my Internet usage, etc.

11/2/2026 - Recieving intrusive ads to buy premium version of extension. This was an issue several months ago where it was described as an accident, but now its back. I understand there are operating costs, but if wikipedia is struggling to get $1 for the most useful website in the world I fear this niche extension is not financially feasible.

People, remove this worthless extension as soon as possible and report it. Just look at what it demands—and what it refuses to work without:
-Authentication information
-Internet activity
-Personally identifiable information
-Website activity
-Website content
The developer’s responses contain blatant lies regarding the reasons for these requirements. I installed the "YouTube Dislike Counter: Return Dislike Count" extension instead, and it (for some reason ¯\_(ツ)_/¯) requires no permissions whatsoever—unlike this one.
The developer is a brazen liar who uses false claims and manipulation.

sold out to data farming, and now has pop-up ads for patreon

Sold out and became data-harvesting slop

They just added an intrusive advertisement that shows up in youtube comment sections trying to sell their patreon to you. This is unacceptable. Immediately removed this, and I now regret trusting the devs' excuses for the additional permissions that were required a while back. Now that I know that they're the sort of people who would force in an advertisement without user consent like this, I can only imagine what sort of things they'd be willing to do with my browser data.

Arguing with users as a dev is just embarrassing. Doesn't matter if they are ignorant in their assumptions; the new permissions request was always there you are just now being forced to make your data handling more transparent. Doesn't help the explanation of the new preferences reads like it was written by a 2nd grader.
Needless to say, this extension doesn't ACTUALLY take any meaningful "personal information", though it *could* be used to track every video a user watches to build a profile on a user.
You can say you won't, but things change and bad actors have accessed much more critical information before. 3 stars because I haven't witnessed something as sad as those review replies in quite some time.

Excellent extension, and definitely a 5 star review for the new data collection prompt explanation in the description. Keep it up!

Heck no!

Patreon promoting garbage was added

Used to be great, but now it requires permission to harvest more data. No other extensions I have installed asked for more permissions, just this one. Away you go!

Nice add-on. I'd been using it for a long time and just noticed some new pop-ups relating to permissions and privacy today.
I had to do some digging to determine that (to my understanding), none of the requested permissions extend to what I do *outside Youtube*, and this seems to be confirmed in the extension permissions page.

I would recommend to the author to amend the new popup to make clear that no data will be transmitted about activity on ANY OTHER SITE other than Youtube, which is essential for the basic functionality of the plugin.