Download Button No Longer Appearing on Subscriptions Page

[jcollins25x]

Browser: Vivaldi (7.6.3797.52 (Stable channel) (64-bit)) & Chrome (Version 140.0.7339.186 (Official Build) (64-bit))
I also just tested with Firefox 143.0 (64-bit), using version 0.4.2 of the browser extension.

Browser Extension Version: 0.4.2 (for both browsers)

Previously, I have been able to download YT videos using a button on the Subscriptions page, which would show up in this vicinity:

However, it is no longer appearing for the last week or so. Was this a removed feature? Or am I missing something else?

I've removed the extension, closed and restarted the browser to see if it resolves - no luck.

Further, to add - the button shows properly on the channel and video specific pages.

Thank you.

[bbilly1]

yes, me too, a few other places as well. like recommended videos...

I think instead of continuing to fix these selectors, we should change our approach.

Instead of looking for CSS classes or ID attributes, we should search for a tags and look at the href directly. And if that matches some pattern, build the button.

If somebody wants to get a head start on that, please to.

[IAmABakuAMA]

By the way, for the subscriptions page, you can work around this for the time being by using the list view rather than the default grid view at https://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions?flow=2

It seems to only show the download/ed icon when you hover over the area where it would be. But I don't know if that's just DeArrow clashing with it, or if this is another bug, as I usually use grid view.

[jcollins25x]

Thanks for the responses.

Confirmed that I can also see the button in list view for subscriptions. It's a handy-enough workaround for now. Thanks for that.

[jcollins25x]

So it looks like YouTube changed how the Subscriptions views work and the list view is no longer available, so it appears that this workaround is no longer valid.

Any updates on the next release of the browser extension?

[IAmABakuAMA]

Unfortunately not. I think Billy has been focussed on TA proper, and (as far as I'm aware) no-one else has been willing to take on the browser extension. I'd try and fix it myself, but unfortunately I'm not skilled enough to work on or alter it.

A potential option, depending on your ethics and how badly you want it, is that you could potentially get an LLM to generate a basic extension you could host locally. Rather than injecting buttons into YT directly and mucking around with class matching, another option is just adding the extension to the context/right click menu, so that when you right click a video link you get a "send to TA" button. I feel like that's basic enough for an LLM to be somewhat competent at slopcoding.

Otherwise, hopefully now that it's completely borked, someone might be interested in taking it on. Who knows

[jcollins25x]

Fair enough. Appreciate the response. I'm not comfortable enough in my coding skills to trust what the LLM slopcodes for me on this. Even if it were local only. All good - there are good enough workarounds.