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Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by insin »

Vingdoloras wrote: post #54
liquidise wrote: post #10

Unhook[1] has been my go-to for this. Gives full customization over shorts, recommendations, comments, etc. 1a: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-recom... 1b: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/unhook-remove-youtu...

Sadly, it hasn't been updated since 2024 and is slowly breaking. Haven't found a good replacement yet.

I keep Control Panel for YouTube [1] up to date with the latest YouTube shenanigans. Most recently: restoring the Related sidebar layout with the giant thumbs, if you're not hiding them.

Shorts are hidden and redirected if you land on one externally by default, and it _was_ also restoring the sort by Upload date filter UI, until YouTube went and killed that in the API ;_;

[1] https://soitis.dev/control-panel-for-youtube

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by ikaros02 »

djsavvy wrote: post #78
freehorse wrote: post #65

In addition to the unhook addon that others also recommended and is great, I would also suggest, as an alternative, setting a redirection rule from "www.youtube.com/shorts/XYWZ" to "www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYWZ". This will play the short but in the classical youtube video (landscape) format, with no infinite scrolling, or replay or autoplay (assuming these are in general disabled), which takes away a big part of the…

That's an awesome idea — sometimes I really do want to watch a short but not in that interface. Do you know how to set this up in general?

I use this addon for Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/fi/firefox/addon/youtube-shorts-b...

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by testfrequency »

phony-account wrote: post #106

I’m paying over 40 dollars a month for YouTube but it doesn’t allow me to choose almost anything of what I see, despite trying hard to fine-tune my recommendations. I can’t permanently turn off shorts - and this I find personally insulting. It really feels like encountering a drug dealer outside my house every time I come home, always expecting me to cave and try some of that good smack. But apart from ignoring me wh…

YT is desperate for me to engage with rage bait news, and I’m not biting.

It’s so god damn annoying, regardless of how often I choose to ignore channels or don’t suggest feedback.

All they care about is vote time…give me content I want to view!

Also, in the evenings, my timeline gets weirdly paranoid phobia centric, like deep insecurities people live with that are triggering and keep you up late. It’s so obvious YT is doing this to try and bait me into watching these deeply emotional and personal content, and again, ignoring it and providing feedback seems to do nothing to my feed. I hate it.

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by mog_dev »

phony-account wrote: post #106

I’m paying over 40 dollars a month for YouTube but it doesn’t allow me to choose almost anything of what I see, despite trying hard to fine-tune my recommendations. I can’t permanently turn off shorts - and this I find personally insulting. It really feels like encountering a drug dealer outside my house every time I come home, always expecting me to cave and try some of that good smack. But apart from ignoring me wh…

If you pay for youtube, you are part of the problem

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by chrsw »

insin wrote: post #111
Vingdoloras wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sadly, it hasn't been updated since 2024 and is slowly breaking. Haven't found a good replacement yet.

I keep Control Panel for YouTube [1] up to date with the latest YouTube shenanigans. Most recently: restoring the Related sidebar layout with the giant thumbs, if you're not hiding them. Shorts are hidden and redirected if you land on one externally by default, and it _was_ also restoring the sort by Upload date filter UI, until YouTube went and killed that in the API ;_; [1] https://soitis.dev/control-panel-for-yout…

YouTube killing he sort by upload date made me furious.

I feel like the only fight back is boycotting.

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by bookofjoe »

temporallobe wrote: post #86
marcosscriven wrote: post #11

I’m sure I’ve clicked “show fewer shorts” every single time it’s shown me shorts. It seems to make zero difference.

That’s like the crosswalk button that does nothing. It’s there purely for the placebo effect.

See also: call elevator to your floor buttons

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by drnick1 »

phony-account wrote: post #106

I’m paying over 40 dollars a month for YouTube but it doesn’t allow me to choose almost anything of what I see, despite trying hard to fine-tune my recommendations. I can’t permanently turn off shorts - and this I find personally insulting. It really feels like encountering a drug dealer outside my house every time I come home, always expecting me to cave and try some of that good smack. But apart from ignoring me wh…

Why are you still paying for Youtube? I run uBlock and haven't seen ads in years, don't see any cellphone format crap now thanks to this list, and VacuumTube on my TV defaults to 4K.

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

#119

Post by vermarish »

modzu wrote: post #16

i can't even get youtube to load with ublock.. theres a years old thread with hundreds of comments on the github -- what are people actually using today to preserve their sanity on youtube? edit: the issue with ublock is the black screen - sometimes the video loads after 10 or so seconds, sometimes it doesnt. i dont consider hiding the ad while still having to wait around for it to finsish playing behind an overlay t…

I have the same issue. Perma-black loading screen that resolves as soon as I disable ublock origin. Using Firefox on Debian.

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by Larrikin »

phony-account wrote: post #106

I’m paying over 40 dollars a month for YouTube but it doesn’t allow me to choose almost anything of what I see, despite trying hard to fine-tune my recommendations. I can’t permanently turn off shorts - and this I find personally insulting. It really feels like encountering a drug dealer outside my house every time I come home, always expecting me to cave and try some of that good smack. But apart from ignoring me wh…

Don't pay for YouTube
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