Someone at YouTube needs glasses

Post by FuriouslyAdrift » Wed, Apr 30, 2025, 4:36 PM UTC

jackcooper wrote: post #147

dcchambers wrote: post #58

I am BEGGING someone, anyone at Google/YouTube to let me permanently disable YouTube Shorts. I HATE Short form video content and no matter how many times I select "show me less of this" I still get them front and center when I open the app or website.

Summary of the proposed solutions to block YouTube Shorts: -Enhancer for YouTube extension (Firefox) — mopsi -Unhook extension (Chrome/Firefox) — jabroni_salad, kelvinjps10 -YouTube-shorts block add-on — timbit42 -ReVanced for mobile — kelvinjps10 -Shorts filter list in Brave browser (works on mobile) — my personal favorite

Post by sapiogram » Wed, Apr 30, 2025, 4:36 PM UTC

dfxm12 wrote: post #165

film42 wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same. Shorts are actually a great product in terms of capturing attention, but I don't want them on youtube. I hear someone from the back shouting, "you're not the customer, you're the product!" but I pay for youtube premium... that makes me the customer; and I pay for the long-form content without ads! But 50% of Youtube shorts are just ads or product marketing. I never feel good after going on a youtube shorts bing…

You're still the product. Paying to remove ads doesn't change this. You're still being tracked. Unless something has changed recently, you're still being recommended videos.

Post by npteljes » Wed, Apr 30, 2025, 4:37 PM UTC

dcchambers wrote: post #58

I am BEGGING someone, anyone at Google/YouTube to let me permanently disable YouTube Shorts. I HATE Short form video content and no matter how many times I select "show me less of this" I still get them front and center when I open the app or website.

Post by WorldPeas » Wed, Apr 30, 2025, 4:37 PM UTC

ysavir wrote: post #84

dcchambers wrote: post #58

I am BEGGING someone, anyone at Google/YouTube to let me permanently disable YouTube Shorts. I HATE Short form video content and no matter how many times I select "show me less of this" I still get them front and center when I open the app or website.

The games, too. Clicking to hide them hides them for at most 30 days, then you have to tell them once more that it's of no interest.

Post by AlfredBarnes » Wed, Apr 30, 2025, 4:37 PM UTC

voytec wrote: post #18

FYI: YouTube provides RSS feed for every channel. The URL is as follows: https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=CHANNEL_ID And without downloading with yt-dlp, videos can be watched from youtube-nocookie.com in full-window mode (no distractions) under: https://cinemaphile.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID