betty_perry24•17h agoProlific Poster

My whole watch party got a massive spoiler from a random YouTube thumbnail

We were four episodes into the new season of 'Severance' at my place in Tacoma. I got up to grab snacks and my phone buzzed with a YouTube notification. The video title was something like 'THAT Character's Shocking Death Explained' with a huge picture of the person right there. I yelled 'NO' and threw my phone on the couch. We all saw it and the next two episodes were totally ruined because we were just waiting for it to happen. Has anyone found a good way to block those kinds of thumbnails on your phone?

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harperr8216h ago

Saw a tech blog say some ad blockers can filter YouTube thumbnails by keywords. You'd have to set it up on your phone browser, not the app. It sounded like a hassle but maybe worth it for big shows.

jenny_lane1215h ago

Wait, you can actually block thumbnails? That changes everything. I get so tired of seeing the same clickbait faces for shows I don't watch. My whole feed is just people yelling with red arrows. If I could just make all that vanish, I'd use the browser forever. It sounds totally worth the setup time.

thea60215h ago

But honestly, @jenny_lane12, that setup sounds way too annoying for a few less thumbnails.