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> YouTube. YouTube: Once a video catalog with social discovery. Now? TikTok. I hate YouTube Shorts with a passion. They are low-effort engagement bait. They
by eadmund 2y ago
> YouTube. YouTube: Once a video catalog with social discovery. Now? TikTok.
I hate YouTube Shorts with a passion. They are low-effort engagement bait. They cannot be disabled.
Even worse, my Google TV will not play them when my phone is connected to it, and my phone will not play them when it is connected to my TV. Both devices can play them fine, they just don’t want to play them when they are connected.
There can be no good technical reason for this. It’s just delivering a bad experience because it can.
- dcrazy 2y agoMany channels seem to use Shorts as a vehicle to get you to their long-form content. I don’t mind that as a discovery mechanism; it’s introduced me to some fun stuff. Other channels make Shorts-specific content, which I really dislike.
- lern_too_spel 2y ago> They cannot be disabled. https://www.reddit.com/r/revancedapp/comments/156lw72/the_best_feature_hiding_shorts/ https://www.reddit.com/r/revancedapp/comments/156lw72/the_be...
- barbazoo 2y ago> They cannot be disabled Chrome: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/unhook-remove-youtube-rec/khncfooichmfjbepaaaebmommgaepoid https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/unhook-remove-youtu... Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/youtube-recommended-videos/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/youtube-recom...
- eadmund 2y agoI want to disable them in the phone and TV apps. I haven’t used YouTube in the browser much for almost a decade! It’s kind of surprising to me.