uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

Post by jmyeet » Sun, Feb 15, 2026, 3:57 AM UTC

matt-attack wrote: post #224

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…

Since the beginning of Youtube, it has always struck my as reeking of such desperation to keep you hooked. Just the idea that you're watching a video, and there is simultaneously a list of 10 OTHER videos right next to the view. Most have become so numbed to that, but if you step back you should find it just such a sign of desperation to hook you (is the best way I can put it). Before a video is even over, they have…

Post by susam » Sun, Feb 15, 2026, 4:07 AM UTC

I_like_tomato wrote: post #229

susam wrote: post #166

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Here is another one I found in my personal userscripts. I believe this script is more effective than my previous one because it prevents recommendations for Shorts or other videos from being shown. // ==UserScript== // @name No YT Sidebar and Shorts // @match https://www.youtube.com/* // ==/UserScript== function noYTSidebar () { const element = document.getElementById('secondary') if (element === null) { window.setTi…

This is what I used, they have field `is-short`, https://github.com/epicseven-cup/remove-youtube-short/blob/m... https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/remove-youtub...

  (function () {
    const css = `
      #secondary { display: none }
      .ytd-rich-shelf-renderer { display: none }
    `
    const style = document.createElement('style')
    style.textContent = css
    document.head.appendChild(style)
  })()

Post by shadkhan » Sun, Feb 15, 2026, 4:14 AM UTC

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…

Post by sidrag22 » Sun, Feb 15, 2026, 4:18 AM UTC

wilg wrote: post #194

joelthelion wrote: post #193

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By paying for youtube, you're supporting Google and walled gardens more than creators, I'd argue.

Not financially, since creators get 55% of YouTube premium fees.

Post by sidrag22 » Sun, Feb 15, 2026, 4:27 AM UTC

sam_bristow wrote: post #164

AlexandrB wrote: post #126

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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 currently pay for YouTube premium but I'm strongly considering stopping again. For me it's a combination of prices creeping up (small part) and the worsening UX and engagement-bait (big part). It's the same reason I dropped Spotify a few years ago.