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Have you looked at the "YouTube-shorts block" add-on?

louthy 1y ago
Not the OP, but I want to turn off Shorts too. I do most of my youtube access via Apple TV -- where Shorts are particularly annoying when scrolling through Subscriptions -- so this wouldn't be an option. It just needs to be a preference!
0cf8612b2e1e 1y ago
Not the OP, but I have given up on trusting low-audience browser extensions. Too many stories of the author selling out and injecting analytics/malware into the product.
- xmprt 1y ago
  What I've been doing is using high audience extensions (like Tampermonkey) and getting ChatGPT to write a script for it which does what I need it to. Much more effective and trustworthy than relying on another extension developer. If Tampermonkey can't do it then I'll just write the entire extension on my own and load it as a developer extension.
  - deleted 1y ago
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  - crtasm 1y ago
    There's also lots of userscripts available on https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts?q=youtube+shorts https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts?q=youtube+shorts Greasyfork restricts what 3rd party libraries can be pulled in + you have the option of disabling automatic updates in your userscript manager.
    - xmprt 1y ago
      The whole point is that I don't want to run other people's code on my machine so I use an LLM to generate code (that I verify) which does the job I need it to. For small, well contained requirements, it works quite well.
- skyyler 1y ago
  300k users is low-audience to you?
  - 0cf8612b2e1e 1y ago
    Unless it is a top-10 app, it is a no go. The top applications have millions of users. A browser is my everything app. It is the most security essential tool I use daily, which requires vigilance in how I extend it. More users is a crappy proxy for how likely a developer can sneak through an insidious change.
    - skyyler 1y ago
      I understand being cautious, but this extension is featured in the chrome store and has quite a few users and only requests access to youtube sites. Not exactly fly-by-night...

Not the OP, but I want to turn off Shorts too. I do most of my youtube access via Apple TV -- where Shorts are particularly annoying when scrolling through Subscriptions -- so this wouldn't be an option. It just needs to be a preference!

0cf8612b2e1e 1y ago

Not the OP, but I have given up on trusting low-audience browser extensions. Too many stories of the author selling out and injecting analytics/malware into the product.

xmprt 1y ago
What I've been doing is using high audience extensions (like Tampermonkey) and getting ChatGPT to write a script for it which does what I need it to. Much more effective and trustworthy than relying on another extension developer. If Tampermonkey can't do it then I'll just write the entire extension on my own and load it as a developer extension.
- deleted 1y ago
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- crtasm 1y ago
  There's also lots of userscripts available on https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts?q=youtube+shorts https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts?q=youtube+shorts Greasyfork restricts what 3rd party libraries can be pulled in + you have the option of disabling automatic updates in your userscript manager.
  - xmprt 1y ago
    The whole point is that I don't want to run other people's code on my machine so I use an LLM to generate code (that I verify) which does the job I need it to. For small, well contained requirements, it works quite well.
skyyler 1y ago
300k users is low-audience to you?
- 0cf8612b2e1e 1y ago
  Unless it is a top-10 app, it is a no go. The top applications have millions of users. A browser is my everything app. It is the most security essential tool I use daily, which requires vigilance in how I extend it. More users is a crappy proxy for how likely a developer can sneak through an insidious change.
  - skyyler 1y ago
    I understand being cautious, but this extension is featured in the chrome store and has quite a few users and only requests access to youtube sites. Not exactly fly-by-night...