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The way YouTube forces shorts on users who likes long form content is really frustrating. uBlock filters are great but doesn’t solve the fundamental issue here.
by itopaloglu83 3y ago
The way YouTube forces shorts on users who likes long form content is really frustrating. uBlock filters are great but doesn’t solve the fundamental issue here. There should be a way to opt out of YouTube shorts.
- KennyBlanken 3y agoIt's not just the length that's frustrating, it's the near total lack of control. Miss the first few seconds because your sound was off/low? Gotta watch the whole fucking thing to the end and then let it replay because there's no slider or restart/rewind button. All because either they purposefully wanted to force us to do that (view count boosting I guess, or it's more likely to be remembered?) or some google exec got Shorts barely done enough to show off at a board meeting and say "done, made something that competes against reels!" and then ran off to work on something else to try and boost their stature in the company.
- gosub100 3y agoI think the reason is they know they'll lose the market share if they don't force them. Most people know that they are addictive and "bad for you" so many people would not opt in to them. But if they're almost forced, they will succumb to the addiction.
- itopaloglu83 3y agoI wish they kept the “don’t be evil” motto.
- imbnwa 3y agoDoes Premium provide this?
- salzig 3y agoNo, sadly.