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Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by LtWorf »

TyrunDemeg101 wrote: post #312

A nuclear option that's worked extremely well for me is going into Youtube's settings and disabling history. I no longer am even able to see shorts, they don't get suggested to me. However, this is an extreme nuclear option and also disables the entire 'Home' and for-you type content. You can search and watch videos, but it flips it so it is 100% intention driven. Which means discoverability and browsing is non-exist…

It doesn't break subscribed channels though so I just bookmarked that page as my youtube page.

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by maxxmod »

vidyesh wrote: post #250
maxxmod wrote: post #231

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Looks great! But all the screenshots are of the settings. It would be nice to see what the end result is after enabling certain features.The preview is not the actual UX. I would like to see how will this tool change my youtube experience. The reason I like unhook is, it doesn't change or force me to learn new ways to use YouTube but just reduce it to just video viewing with no distractions and blocking all the addic…

> It would be nice to see what the end result is after enabling certain features.

The previews in the admin panel are meant to reflect the actual UI changes on YouTube. For example, if you enable Speed Control in the player, the control appears in the player preview. Settings are saved on the fly, and when you go to youtube.com you get the modified experience accordingly.

On the website I only included a static demo, not an interactive one. Does that clarify your concern?

Maxxmod is still in development but we already have functional alpha builds. If you’re interested in testing one and giving feedback, feel free to email me at maxxmod [at] proton.me. Thanks, Pablo.

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by albert_e »

anything that blocks the doom-scrolling mode on twitter videos?

I dont see youtube shorts, have no login to instagram or tiktok, and stopped using facebook years ago; only social media i frequent is twitter -- and once i view a video in the feed, it hijacks my attention by auto scrolling to a new video.

I burned a couple of evenings this way -- and I need to be more careful about this.

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by byproxy »

TyrunDemeg101 wrote: post #312

A nuclear option that's worked extremely well for me is going into Youtube's settings and disabling history. I no longer am even able to see shorts, they don't get suggested to me. However, this is an extreme nuclear option and also disables the entire 'Home' and for-you type content. You can search and watch videos, but it flips it so it is 100% intention driven. Which means discoverability and browsing is non-exist…

This is exactly what I’ve done for my Google settings after feeling more and more upset with what the Youtube homepage was showing me. Not so much in that it was necessarily contrary to what I may have wanted to watch, but more-so me thinking “My god.. is this what I’ve become?”

I now much prefer to open Youtube (quasi)tabula rasa. I still have subscriptions set up so I can follow “vetted” accounts, but for other things I now rely on that intentionality.

The one minor bummer is that Youtube won’t remember your spot in a video, say if you’re watching in your phone and want to continue on your desktop (or vice-versa). Not the biggest hassle to manually check the time and sync it up, though.

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by dqv »

smw wrote: post #282
tsoukase wrote: post #230

Many stuff are addictive, some legal (smoking, gambling), some legal with prescription (drugs) and some illigal (opioids). Infinite scrolling, either video only (yt shorts) or mixed content lies in the first category. This is a war one fights by himself as law doesn't helps with gatekeeping. Any weapon that helps me is welcome. Filtering the content that whould otherwise polute my screen space and distract me from th…

This reads like AI slop?

> Many stuff are

> polute

Not at all. It's an organic comment.

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Post by jahsome »

smw wrote: post #282
tsoukase wrote: post #230

Many stuff are addictive, some legal (smoking, gambling), some legal with prescription (drugs) and some illigal (opioids). Infinite scrolling, either video only (yt shorts) or mixed content lies in the first category. This is a war one fights by himself as law doesn't helps with gatekeeping. Any weapon that helps me is welcome. Filtering the content that whould otherwise polute my screen space and distract me from th…

This reads like AI slop?

ESL AI?

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by DavideNL »

maxxmod wrote: post #319
DavideNL wrote: post #309

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Unhook is solid. Last updated 2 years ago (Apr 12, 2024)

You’re right, Unhook does look abandoned. Sorry, I initially mixed it up Unhook with UnTrap [1] because of the similar name. UnTrap's Chrome version seems maintained (February 2026 [2]), while the Firefox version seems abandoned too (December 2024 [3]). One of my goals with Maxxmod is to avoid that abandonment pattern. [1] https://untrap.app [2] https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/untrap-%E2%80%93-re... [3] http…

Note that you might also want to check out:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/control-panel...

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by fma »

testfrequency wrote: post #113
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 i…

I used to have an account for my kids. I thought I would be smart by seeding the history with educational content. I clicked on a lot of videos, let them play etc. I was there when my kids would watch videos - and slowly but surely YouTube started recommending junk AI generated videos.

It is my opinion their algorithms are tuned to push this kind of engagement no matter what.

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by arendtio »

What bothers me most about YT is that it constantly plays videos with an AI-generated voice.

In general, I like AI features and use AI daily to build prototypes, but this feature looks so stupid to me and feels so wrong. I have no problem with it being an option, but by default I just want to watch the videos with their original soundtracks. But instead YT decides that I should watch the videos with some mediocre AI translation...

Maybe I could disable it using an account, but I still prefer not to have one when it's not necessary.

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