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uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by freehorse »

n4bz0r wrote: post #74
freehorse wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Seems like a form of protest Filtering content is not "a form of protest", it is about deciding what content you want to see in your browser and what not. Youtube, even the paid version, does not offer much in terms of customising one's experience (imo the "algorithm" deciding what you should watch based on your history does not count as one) and shorts is a proven addictive pattern that one may not want to encount…

I might be wrong, but I don't think people really care about the addictiveness in the first place. As I see it, the shorts were irritating to see, mainly because they were heavily out of tune with the rest of recommendations. But they seem to have tuned them to be more in line with the rest of the videos. Being not that different from the rest of the videos one gets recommended, there is not much point in hiding them…

For me, it is about addictiveness. Otherwise, if they were just "bad recommendations", I would probably just ignore them.

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by malfist »

stefan_ wrote: post #68
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...

Some of the Unhook options are broken nowadays I think. Its that or one of my other 10 YouTube extensions I now have to deshittify that damn page. Disable translate, SponsorBlock, Disable AutoPlay, some better thumbnail thing..

You should check out dearrow as well. Gets rid of clickbait titles and thumbnails

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by nomilk »

I've noticed other junk like 'games' and ads for paid 'premium' content getting through uBlock's filter list. Hope those are added to the list too.

I used uBlock's element zapper feature to block the youtube logo on top left, because it's often animated and always distracting (I desperately need fewer distractions when using youtube, not more, even if minor).

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by fhub »

NewsaHackO wrote: post #85
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.

It's like pressing the "close door" button on an elevator.

Door close button is supposed to cancel the door dwell time. But due to some disability codes in some regions all major manufactures allow it to be disabled (as required by some codes). i.e. The owners/managers/technicians can disable it.
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