Show HN: We Built "Wikipedia Link Previews" for YouTube Videos (opens in new tab)

(strawberry.army)

7 pointsbevan1y ago7 comments

Hey HN! I’m excited to share Strawberry, Chrome extension that provides instant summaries of YouTube videos when you hover over thumbnails—think “Wikipedia link previews” but for YouTube.

I love YouTube—it’s genuinely enriched my life over the years. But I often find myself getting pulled into endless rabbit holes due to catchy thumbnails. So I made Strawberry to help navigate YouTube more mindfully.

Right now we have 3 features:

- Hover any thumbnail for a summary (including Homepage, Search, Suggested vids, Shorts)

- Detailed video summaries

- Chat with videos

Eager to hear your thoughts, and especially how it could be more useful for you!

7 comments

KomoD1y ago

The privacy policy makes no sense.

> • We cannot see your YouTube activity.

You definitely can, the video id and title gets sent to your server.

> Your chats are only visible to you.

This isn't true either? You say that they get stored for 30 days so you're definitely able to see it.

> • We don't sell or share your data.

> • We don't tell anyone that you're using our service.

You share my data with Google Analytics, Mixpanel, Postmark (you specifically said you don't share my email) and looks like Sentry. You also share it with your "LLM service providers".

None of these services are mentioned in your privacy policy...

bevanOP1y ago

Hey Komod, good callouts. It could be improved, I'll clarify these points on the site.

- We cannot see your YouTube activity => ie what you watch, search for, like, subscribe to. This is clearly explained beneath the TLDR section. What we CAN see is also explained.

- Your chats are only visible to you => as in, they aren't public. That could be clarified. We do state before that that we save your chats.

- We don't mention them by name, but the second line of the TLDR is "• We track Extension usage statistics to improve the product." Have added an explanation for each of them.

Appreciate your help with this. What did you think otherwise?

two_handfuls1y ago

This looks very cool

bevanOP1y ago

Thanks! Let me know if you try it out and have any suggestions

conlanrios1y ago

Already saved 1 hour!

fear2tread1y ago

Wow this is great !!

bevanOP1y ago

Appreciate the comment! Let me know if you have any feedback

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Show HN: We Built "Wikipedia Link Previews" for YouTube Videos (opens in new tab)

(strawberry.army)

7 pointsbevan1y ago7 comments

Hey HN! I’m excited to share Strawberry, Chrome extension that provides instant summaries of YouTube videos when you hover over thumbnails—think “Wikipedia link previews” but for YouTube.

Right now we have 3 features:

- Hover any thumbnail for a summary (including Homepage, Search, Suggested vids, Shorts)

- Detailed video summaries

- Chat with videos

Eager to hear your thoughts, and especially how it could be more useful for you!

7 comments

KomoD1y ago

The privacy policy makes no sense.

> • We cannot see your YouTube activity.

You definitely can, the video id and title gets sent to your server.

> Your chats are only visible to you.

This isn't true either? You say that they get stored for 30 days so you're definitely able to see it.

> • We don't sell or share your data.

> • We don't tell anyone that you're using our service.

You share my data with Google Analytics, Mixpanel, Postmark (you specifically said you don't share my email) and looks like Sentry. You also share it with your "LLM service providers".

None of these services are mentioned in your privacy policy...

bevanOP1y ago

Hey Komod, good callouts. It could be improved, I'll clarify these points on the site.

- We cannot see your YouTube activity => ie what you watch, search for, like, subscribe to. This is clearly explained beneath the TLDR section. What we CAN see is also explained.

- Your chats are only visible to you => as in, they aren't public. That could be clarified. We do state before that that we save your chats.

- We don't mention them by name, but the second line of the TLDR is "• We track Extension usage statistics to improve the product." Have added an explanation for each of them.

Appreciate your help with this. What did you think otherwise?

two_handfuls1y ago

This looks very cool

bevanOP1y ago

Thanks! Let me know if you try it out and have any suggestions

conlanrios1y ago

Already saved 1 hour!

fear2tread1y ago

Wow this is great !!

bevanOP1y ago

Appreciate the comment! Let me know if you have any feedback

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse