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I had to delete the YouTube app simply because there was no way to disable Shorts. Those things are hopelessly addictive and unavoidable. If I wanted shorts, I'

I had to delete the YouTube app simply because there was no way to disable Shorts. Those things are hopelessly addictive and unavoidable. If I wanted shorts, I'd install TikTok.

Drakim 3y ago
It's crazy, when I remove the YouTube Shorts pane it says "Shelf will be hidden for 30 days". It feels like a slap to the face by some promotion seeking Google Manager who tells me that he knows better than me. It's crazy. I didn't stop using YouTube like you did but I was darn close. I guess they do know better than me, in a way.
- robin_reala 3y ago
  It’s the same in Instagram: removing recommended posts only has an option to remove for 30 days. The consistent enshittification of products with these sorts of behaviours just makes me want to use them less. Unfortunately I’m sure they’ve got data that shows that my reaction is a minority.
  - netsharc 3y ago
    Black Mirror anyone? https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=99&v=5P_HqwgDFJM https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=99&v=5P_HqwgDFJM Fascinatingly this content is narrated by a robot voice...
- zo1 3y ago
  They also are very slowly "injecting" shorts everywhere. I'm randomly browsing the feed, not shorts, click on something and before I know it, I'm watching shorts. And yeah, they also recently added a shorts "pane" on the side of normal videos.
- netsharc 3y ago
  On Android you can install https://newpipe.net https://newpipe.net and turn off a lot of things: no more trending/start screen recommendations if you don't want them, you can turn off comments, or "watch next" recommendations.. the shorts show up in the search results like other normal videos, with a slider so you can still navigate it.
  - vxNsr 3y ago
    I know this is an unpopular question, but are there ads in newpipe?
    - simfree 3y ago
      Nope, there are zero ads in NewPipe. No ad blocker needed!
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dangus 3y ago
Shorts are displayed on one single line of the home and subscriptions tab. They’re trivially easy to avoid.
txtsd 3y ago
Try YouTube Revanced from https://revanced.net/ https://revanced.net/
- cmehdy 3y ago
  I'm pretty sure revanced.net is not affiliated with the actual project and shouldn't be trusted. AFAIK there's no prebuilt APK doing everything for you that can be trusted, it's a multi-step process one has to follow front the official source. The official Github is https://github.com/revanced https://github.com/revanced The Github is very obtuse about the installation steps, so this guide on reddit gives the procedure more adequately: https://www.reddit.com/r/revancedapp/comments/xlcny9/revanced_manager_guide_for_dummies/ https://www.reddit.com/r/revancedapp/comments/xlcny9/revance...
- grapesurgeon 3y ago
  this is NOT the actual domain. do not share this around. the only domain is https://revanced.app https://revanced.app, and it will redirect to their github.
  - Austin38 3y ago
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grapesurgeon 3y ago
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SoftTalker 3y ago
I'm annoyed by the inability to hide shorts but I don't really find them addictive. I've watched a few, determined they were as useless as they appeared, and just ignore them. But it's annoying the amount of space they take up, it's a good third of the screen on my phone.

I had to delete the YouTube app simply because there was no way to disable Shorts. Those things are hopelessly addictive and unavoidable. If I wanted shorts, I'd install TikTok.

Drakim 3y ago

It's crazy, when I remove the YouTube Shorts pane it says "Shelf will be hidden for 30 days". It feels like a slap to the face by some promotion seeking Google Manager who tells me that he knows better than me. It's crazy. I didn't stop using YouTube like you did but I was darn close. I guess they do know better than me, in a way.

robin_reala 3y ago
It’s the same in Instagram: removing recommended posts only has an option to remove for 30 days. The consistent enshittification of products with these sorts of behaviours just makes me want to use them less. Unfortunately I’m sure they’ve got data that shows that my reaction is a minority.
- netsharc 3y ago
  Black Mirror anyone? https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=99&v=5P_HqwgDFJM https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=99&v=5P_HqwgDFJM Fascinatingly this content is narrated by a robot voice...
zo1 3y ago
They also are very slowly "injecting" shorts everywhere. I'm randomly browsing the feed, not shorts, click on something and before I know it, I'm watching shorts. And yeah, they also recently added a shorts "pane" on the side of normal videos.
netsharc 3y ago
On Android you can install https://newpipe.net https://newpipe.net and turn off a lot of things: no more trending/start screen recommendations if you don't want them, you can turn off comments, or "watch next" recommendations.. the shorts show up in the search results like other normal videos, with a slider so you can still navigate it.
- vxNsr 3y ago
  I know this is an unpopular question, but are there ads in newpipe?
  - simfree 3y ago
    Nope, there are zero ads in NewPipe. No ad blocker needed!

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dangus 3y ago

Shorts are displayed on one single line of the home and subscriptions tab. They’re trivially easy to avoid.

txtsd 3y ago

Try YouTube Revanced from https://revanced.net/ https://revanced.net/

cmehdy 3y ago
I'm pretty sure revanced.net is not affiliated with the actual project and shouldn't be trusted. AFAIK there's no prebuilt APK doing everything for you that can be trusted, it's a multi-step process one has to follow front the official source. The official Github is https://github.com/revanced https://github.com/revanced The Github is very obtuse about the installation steps, so this guide on reddit gives the procedure more adequately: https://www.reddit.com/r/revancedapp/comments/xlcny9/revanced_manager_guide_for_dummies/ https://www.reddit.com/r/revancedapp/comments/xlcny9/revance...
grapesurgeon 3y ago
this is NOT the actual domain. do not share this around. the only domain is https://revanced.app https://revanced.app, and it will redirect to their github.
- Austin38 3y ago
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SoftTalker 3y ago

I'm annoyed by the inability to hide shorts but I don't really find them addictive. I've watched a few, determined they were as useless as they appeared, and just ignore them. But it's annoying the amount of space they take up, it's a good third of the screen on my phone.