YouTube users get option to set their Shorts time limit to zero minutes
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#2Amazing! I can finally redownload the youtube app instead of using a userscript in my mobile browser
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#3Hasn't rolled out everywhere yet, for the record.
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#4Nice! I wonder if it has anything to do with the lawsuit where the verdict was that meta and google designed addictive products.
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#5Now hopefully we'll see it in YouTube music as well.
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#7Hasn't rolled out everywhere yet, for the record.
Yeah, I only see 15 minutes in my settings.
For those who want to see and tinker with it: Settings > Time Management
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#8>YouTube now lets you turn off Shorts
No it doesn't. If you were hoping it would mean you don't see shorts when you visit the Youtube home page, that's not what this is. I just tried the thing mentioned in the article-- set my Shorts time limit to 0 minutes. What it does is make it so if you click a short from somewhere the short plays, but then if you try to swipe to the next one it hits you with the "You reached your short limit". If you then return to the home page you still see Shorts.
Re: YouTube users get option to set their Shorts time limit to zero minutes
#9>YouTube now lets you turn off Shorts No it doesn't. If you were hoping it would mean you don't see shorts when you visit the Youtube home page, that's not what this is. I just tried the thing mentioned in the article-- set my Shorts time limit to 0 minutes. What it does is make it so if you click a short from somewhere the short plays, but then if you try to swipe to the next one it hits you with the "You reached yo…
Classic "self regulation" of an addictive product. "You look like you might have a problem with self-control, here are tools for managing yourself better" while admitting no fault and continuing with all of the hooks and barbs, design and advertising built to addict as many people as possible.
Re: YouTube users get option to set their Shorts time limit to zero minutes
#10>YouTube now lets you turn off Shorts No it doesn't. If you were hoping it would mean you don't see shorts when you visit the Youtube home page, that's not what this is. I just tried the thing mentioned in the article-- set my Shorts time limit to 0 minutes. What it does is make it so if you click a short from somewhere the short plays, but then if you try to swipe to the next one it hits you with the "You reached yo…
Damn, yeah that's what I was hoping for.
Honestly, the only thing really keeping me from watching shorts is the perplexing UX decision to not show the channel name as part of the preview tile. As basic Internet hygiene it just feels real bad to click on a video without the tiniest bit of idea about its provenance. For that reason I never do and have always just wanted to hide Shorts altogether.