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My self discipline hack was only navigating to my subscription feed, that way it "ends" and there is only a handful of videos to check each day. But now they p
by ehnto 3y ago
My self discipline hack was only navigating to my subscription feed, that way it "ends" and there is only a handful of videos to check each day.
But now they put Shorts into the subscription feed, a gateway into another endless feed. So I have blocked YT altogether until I can update my little chrome extension to remove them. When my executive function started to falter shorts could vacuum up so much of my attention. You can't remove them from that page either like you can on the homepage, and on the homepage you can only hide them for 30 days (why is that I wonder...)
- schiffern 3y agoYou can also block Shorts with uBlock Origin. https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/wiki/solutions/youtube#wiki_shorts https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/wiki/solutions/youtube...
- ehnto 3y agoThis is a superpower, I had uBlock but didn't realise it had the element picker feature. It took seconds to clear up the annoying parts of YT. Cheers for the recommendation.
- schiffern 3y agoGlad to hear it. Note how it can also re-style elements, eg restoring the old (non-bold) Youtube titles www.youtube.com##h3.title:style(font-weight: 400 !important;) or un-float navbars: ! Disable floating navbars nytimes.com##.live-blog-above-main-content:style(position:absolute !important) latimes.com##header[data-element=header]:style(position:absolute !important) wired.com##.persistent-top:style(position:absolute !important) vice.com##.nav-bar:style(position:absolute !important) You can even run a selection of scripts from a built-in library.[0] For instance, to disable Youtube rollover previews (including network traffic), you can interrupt the event handler with addEventListener-defuser: www.youtube.com##+js(aeld, /^(?:mousemove|pointermove|pointerenter|mouseenter|mouseleave)$/, buttons) The best thing is to read the wiki (which I procrastinated for way too long!), especially the parts on filter syntax[1][2] and blocking modes[3]. I used uBO for years without appreciating its full power. Maybe this whets your interest. Cheers [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Resources-Library https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Resources-Library [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Static-filter-syntax https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Static-filter-syntax [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Procedural-cosmetic-filters https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Procedural-cosmetic-f... [3] (watch this first: https://youtu.be/2lisQQmWQkY?t=114 https://youtu.be/2lisQQmWQkY?t=114) https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode