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Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by Nannooskeeska »

phero_cnstrcts wrote: post #132
AlexandrB wrote: post #126

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I pay for plenty of goods and services. Just not YouTube. As others have noted, YouTube premium makes ads go away, but none of the other engagement baiting and user disrespecting anti-patterns. As far as I'm concerned, Google is in adversarial relationship with its users, whether your paying or not.

Does it make the sponsor sections of the videos go away too?

No, but SponsorBlock[0] is fantastic for that. I even have it setup on my home server[1] so it skips sponsor segments on my Apple TV, which is where we watch most of our YouTube.

[0] https://sponsor.ajay.app/ [1] https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by marginalia_nu »

atoav wrote: post #94
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.

Do you want $foo? Yes | Ask again later Modern tech companies behave like abusers or creepy stalkers. They won't take No for an answer.

To be fair, as long as you aren't logged in, that's the best you're going to get with cookies or local storage.

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by calmbonsai »

raw_anon_1111 wrote: post #124
drnick1 wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Hacker News commenters: “I don’t like ads. They are evil” Also HN commenters: “I don’t want to pay for goods and services”

I pay for plenty of other media (music, games, sports, comedy, books) and even do some Patreon for a few podcasts and YT channels, but I refuse to directly support a publishing monopoly that has had an actively user-hostile interface for over a decade.

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by raw_anon_1111 »

AlexandrB wrote: post #126
raw_anon_1111 wrote: post #124

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hacker News commenters: “I don’t like ads. They are evil” Also HN commenters: “I don’t want to pay for goods and services”

I pay for plenty of goods and services. Just not YouTube. As others have noted, YouTube premium makes ads go away, but none of the other engagement baiting and user disrespecting anti-patterns. As far as I'm concerned, Google is in adversarial relationship with its users, whether your paying or not.

I don’t know. But most of the time when I don’t like a service, I don’t use it. I know that’s a crazy idea. I find YouTube like everything Google does a piss poor user experience. I’m forced to only use it to watch official AWS videos and those don’t have ads.

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by stbtrax »

drnick1 wrote: post #118
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.

doesn’t work on iPad or iOS? Also not worth my time given how cheap it is

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by nathancspencer »

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…

Pretty sure shorts disables if you turn off watch history: (https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/08/youtube-update-homepage-wa...)

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by h3half »

sib wrote: post #129
bookofjoe wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

See also: call elevator to your floor buttons

How else do you get on the elevator? Wait for it to randomly appear?

They might be getting mixed up with the “close door” button, which is something always included because it makes people feel better but when you order the elevator you can choose whether it actually does anything or not

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by dietr1ch »

raw_anon_1111 wrote: post #124
drnick1 wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Hacker News commenters: “I don’t like ads. They are evil” Also HN commenters: “I don’t want to pay for goods and services”

And how do I pay for a YouTube competitor that's libre or at least won't spy back without losing access to its monopolisticly large catalog?

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by [deleted] »

raw_anon_1111 wrote: post #124
drnick1 wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Hacker News commenters: “I don’t like ads. They are evil” Also HN commenters: “I don’t want to pay for goods and services”

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