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I also pay for premium, but vanced is how I block shorts and sponsor block

• geerlingguy 5y ago
  Honestly YouTube should have a way to disable shorts in app. They're trying to pull an Instagram and stomp on TikTok's grounds, but it doesn't feel like it's working and it feels like how Instagram went from being a simple photo sharing tool to being a bloated mess with four major interfaces in one.
  • LordDragonfang 5y ago
    You say you don't feel like it's working, but that might just be because you're no longer part of the new generation and have a different expectation of what "video content" is. Like it or not, the Tiktok format is very popular, and while a large part of it is the recommendation algo, Google isn't exactly a slouch in that area. I have it on good authority that Shorts is both experiencing steady growth and is the fastest-growing segment within Youtube-the-company.
    • getcrunk 5y ago
      Oh it's working, but it's objectively worse for your mental health. (Addiction, dopamine overload)
    • xmprt 5y ago
      I feel like it's objectively not working and this is coming from someone who's spent a good amount of time on both TikTok and YouTube Shorts. TikTok has an actual community of original content creators and people trying to remix content that other's have made using sounds, duets, and stitches. YouTube is mostly reposted TikTok content (which loses context due to the lack of sounds, duets, etc.) and clip aggregators who just repost clips from popular memes/viral videos/TV shows. They aren't even in the same ballpark in terms of quality.