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Re: Show HN: YouTube Shorts Redirector

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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).

Re: Show HN: YouTube Shorts Redirector

#4

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).

> I manually hide them every thirty days

The inability of tech companies to accept that no means no, and not "bother me later" is a dark pattern that I've noticed more and more lately.

Re: Show HN: YouTube Shorts Redirector

#5

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).

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 wrote a userscript to do this, it mostly works but I still find myself manually changing urls. I am not good with JS.

Re: Show HN: YouTube Shorts Redirector

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Neat!

There's also Redirector, which allows to do all kinds of redirects like this. For example, I use it to redirect from YouTube to Invidious or from Booking.com confirmation page to the variant without upsells (which are otherwise tricky to block with uBlock Origin).

http://einaregilsson.com/redirector/

My rules: https://gist.github.com/notpushkin/ee1ed3aa55a0926708d0de854...

Re: Show HN: YouTube Shorts Redirector

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Neat! There's also Redirector, which allows to do all kinds of redirects like this. For example, I use it to redirect from YouTube to Invidious or from Booking.com confirmation page to the variant without upsells (which are otherwise tricky to block with uBlock Origin). http://einaregilsson.com/redirector/ My rules: https://gist.github.com/notpushkin/ee1ed3aa55a0926708d0de854...

Redirector is great, but unfortunately is no longer maintained because the author passed away[0].

[0] https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector/issues/329

Re: Show HN: YouTube Shorts Redirector

#10
I have an even more radical solution. Whenever I have to watch something on yt (because I was sent a link to it), I download the video using yt-dlp and watch the downloaded video. I never ever go on the website :-)
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