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I'd love to disable my ad blockers and pay for video content (as I do for Netflix and Nebula), but YouTube has time and time again disappointed me. Some of the

I'd love to disable my ad blockers and pay for video content (as I do for Netflix and Nebula), but YouTube has time and time again disappointed me. Some of the most egregious instances: - Overzealous Content ID and lack of punishment for false claims. I understand it's more lightweight than DMCA and easier for YouTube, but when you're such a cultural hub the standards should be higher. - Rewarding longer videos and causing even the most straightforward 30-second content to balloon to 12+ minutes. - Hiding all content on Home until you enable "watch history" (hey, why not give me suggestions based on my carefully curated list of subscriptions?). - Promoting absolutely bottom-of-the-barrel Shorts content. - Favoring provocative content, creating the alt-right pipeline[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt-right_pipeline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt-right_pipeline

chankstein38 3y ago
And, for some damn reason, FORCING you to see Shorts. I can't even tell it not to show Shorts on my home page without "Will re-enable in 30 days." Like NO I don't want shorts why would you re-enable?!
- RedlineTriad 3y ago
  There is a very nice list of ublock origin filters[0] that removes all shorts from subscriptions, home page, and even the nav menu item for them. Direct links to shorts still work though, in case someone sends a link or something. Improved my YouTube experience a lot. [0] https://github.com/gijsdev/ublock-hide-yt-shorts https://github.com/gijsdev/ublock-hide-yt-shorts
  - chankstein38 3y ago
    Thank you for this!
- rchaud 3y ago
  UI defaults are powerful. For 15 years, YT has been providing an old-school "TV-like" experience, with 16:9 video, 10 minute-plus "episodes". That model is dead, especially with how YT does ads, which annoy users. They want to move mobile users to the TikTok model ASAP, which allows them to throw in many more ads in a natural way compared to what they currently have.

chankstein38 3y ago

And, for some damn reason, FORCING you to see Shorts. I can't even tell it not to show Shorts on my home page without "Will re-enable in 30 days." Like NO I don't want shorts why would you re-enable?!

RedlineTriad 3y ago
There is a very nice list of ublock origin filters[0] that removes all shorts from subscriptions, home page, and even the nav menu item for them. Direct links to shorts still work though, in case someone sends a link or something. Improved my YouTube experience a lot. [0] https://github.com/gijsdev/ublock-hide-yt-shorts https://github.com/gijsdev/ublock-hide-yt-shorts
- chankstein38 3y ago
  Thank you for this!
rchaud 3y ago
UI defaults are powerful. For 15 years, YT has been providing an old-school "TV-like" experience, with 16:9 video, 10 minute-plus "episodes". That model is dead, especially with how YT does ads, which annoy users. They want to move mobile users to the TikTok model ASAP, which allows them to throw in many more ads in a natural way compared to what they currently have.