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If you use uBlock Origin, you can also just hide them: https://github.com/gijsdev/ublock-hide-yt-shorts
Thanks, I manually hide them every thirty days because I didn't know that ublock origin can do that, and I didn't want to install an extra add-on just for that (because I hoped that YouTube would some day realise how bad shorts are, and give up on them; wishful thinking, I know).
Note that YouTube Shorts are just normal YouTube videos on a different URL. This means you can take a link to a Shorts like " rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ and change it to " rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= . This way, you won't get the dreaded doomscroll interface, and you can also scrub through the video!
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I wrote a userscript that turns the links into a /v/ link. The whole "shorts" concept is sort of stupid. I mean the videos are fine, let people make whatever sort of video they want. the front page promotion is unwanted. But the thing I actively despise is the scrolling auto play interface. However youtube will play the video with a sane interface when the /short/ link is modified into /v/ Or I should say, I nearly w…
A little nitpick, it's ?v= not /v/
Note that YouTube Shorts are just normal YouTube videos on a different URL. This means you can take a link to a Shorts like " rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ and change it to " rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= . This way, you won't get the dreaded doomscroll interface, and you can also scrub through the video!
Plus adjust the volume! Really speaks to the modern state Google's in that they took out their own functionality to more closely clone TikTok, I assume. Paul Graham's got an old quote about what it indicated about Microsoft when they decided to clone Google's business, and it comes to mind every time I see those terrible and vertical thumbnails.
Thanks to others who pointed out that uBlock origin can permanently disable (as opposed to being annoyed every 30 days) shorts on YT, instant quality of life improvement.
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Plus adjust the volume! Really speaks to the modern state Google's in that they took out their own functionality to more closely clone TikTok, I assume. Paul Graham's got an old quote about what it indicated about Microsoft when they decided to clone Google's business, and it comes to mind every time I see those terrible and vertical thumbnails.
Wait, TikTok doesn't allow you to change the volume? That sure would explain the increase in blaring phones since they became popular with the idiocracy. Thanks to others who pointed out that uBlock origin can permanently disable (as opposed to being annoyed every 30 days) shorts on YT, instant quality of life improvement.
Just a guess from Youtube's shorts not having it. I've never used it.
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Plus adjust the volume! Really speaks to the modern state Google's in that they took out their own functionality to more closely clone TikTok, I assume. Paul Graham's got an old quote about what it indicated about Microsoft when they decided to clone Google's business, and it comes to mind every time I see those terrible and vertical thumbnails.
Wait, TikTok doesn't allow you to change the volume? That sure would explain the increase in blaring phones since they became popular with the idiocracy. Thanks to others who pointed out that uBlock origin can permanently disable (as opposed to being annoyed every 30 days) shorts on YT, instant quality of life improvement.
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Wait, TikTok doesn't allow you to change the volume? That sure would explain the increase in blaring phones since they became popular with the idiocracy. Thanks to others who pointed out that uBlock origin can permanently disable (as opposed to being annoyed every 30 days) shorts on YT, instant quality of life improvement.
>Wait, TikTok doesn't allow you to change the volume? Just a guess from Youtube's shorts not having it. I've never used it.
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Thanks, I manually hide them every thirty days because I didn't know that ublock origin can do that, and I didn't want to install an extra add-on just for that (because I hoped that YouTube would some day realise how bad shorts are, and give up on them; wishful thinking, I know).
I think Shorts are great. What is your issue with them?