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In addition to the unhook addon that others also recommended and is great, I would also suggest, as an alternative, setting a redirection rule from "www.youtube

In addition to the unhook addon that others also recommended and is great, I would also suggest, as an alternative, setting a redirection rule from "www.youtube.com/shorts/XYWZ" to "www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYWZ". This will play the short but in the classical youtube video (landscape) format, with no infinite scrolling, or replay or autoplay (assuming these are in general disabled), which takes away a big part of the addictive aspect of shorts.

djsavvy 8mo ago
That's an awesome idea — sometimes I really do want to watch a short but not in that interface. Do you know how to set this up in general?
- ikaros02 8mo ago
  I use this addon for Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/fi/firefox/addon/youtube-shorts-block https://addons.mozilla.org/fi/firefox/addon/youtube-shorts-b...
- notpushkin 8mo ago
  Redirector to the rescue: https://einaregilsson.com/redirector/ https://einaregilsson.com/redirector/ Been using it for annoyances like Slack pushing you to their desktop app, or fixing links when sites change domains (ahem, Anna’s Archive).
  - djsavvy 8mo ago
    This is perfect, exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!
netsharc 8mo ago
Replacing "shorts" with "v" also works, so the resulting URL is www.youtube.com/v/XYWZ
- freehorse 8mo ago
  Oh great, didn't know that! Thanks! That makes things much simpler.
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s4i 8mo ago
I personally solved this need with a simple bookmarklet: https://samulisuomi.github.io/youtube-unshortify-bookmarklet/ https://samulisuomi.github.io/youtube-unshortify-bookmarklet...
ulam2 8mo ago
I personally solved this by using revanced and disabling shorts completely.
- shmageggy 8mo ago
  I personally solved this by never clicking a short. We don't have to engage with every technology presented to us.
  - rightbyte 8mo ago
    It is hard not to accidently click on shorts when they are interleaved in search results.
    - Bender 8mo ago
      Adding that once one accidentally clicks on a short all the results are skewed in that direction afterwards. I have to close the browser, run BleachBit and start over.
- squarefoot 8mo ago
  Same here with FreeTube. YT has become a toxic experience on any browser and recently it has stopped working on my laptop with Firefox and uBlock Origin, no matter if I surf it as logged in in my main google account or not. The same arrangement works on my main desktop, but i mostly use FreeTube there as well.
divingdragon 8mo ago
I use the rule ||youtube.com/shorts/*$uritransform=/shorts\/(.*)/watch\/\$1/` in uBlock Origin. (Except that it doesn't work if you click on a short from YouTube's interface - it loads with JavaScript which bypasses the redirection.)
- shubhangigovil 8mo ago
  try tapermonkey script ``` // ==UserScript== // @name YouTube Shorts → Normal Player // @match ://www.youtube.com/ // @run-at document-start // ==/UserScript== function redirectShorts() { const match = location.pathname.match(/^\/shorts\/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/); if (match) { location.replace(`/watch?v=${match[1]}`); } } // Catch initial page load redirectShorts(); // Catch SPA navigation early (fires before page renders) document.addEventListener('yt-navigate-start', redirectShorts); // Fallback document.addEventListener('yt-navigate-finish', redirectShorts); ```
sheept 8mo ago
I have a userscript that does this, but one downside is that it refreshes the page, so if I go back in history (eg I misclicked), it resets the recommendation page
bigprof 8mo ago
Instead of directly clicking the short to play it, open the menu at the bottom right and click add to playlist. This will play out in the classic player without having to configure ublock rules. And if the rest of the playlist is playing at more than 1x, this will also apply to the short.

djsavvy 8mo ago

That's an awesome idea — sometimes I really do want to watch a short but not in that interface. Do you know how to set this up in general?

ikaros02 8mo ago
I use this addon for Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/fi/firefox/addon/youtube-shorts-block https://addons.mozilla.org/fi/firefox/addon/youtube-shorts-b...
notpushkin 8mo ago
Redirector to the rescue: https://einaregilsson.com/redirector/ https://einaregilsson.com/redirector/ Been using it for annoyances like Slack pushing you to their desktop app, or fixing links when sites change domains (ahem, Anna’s Archive).
- djsavvy 8mo ago
  This is perfect, exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

netsharc 8mo ago

Replacing "shorts" with "v" also works, so the resulting URL is www.youtube.com/v/XYWZ

freehorse 8mo ago
Oh great, didn't know that! Thanks! That makes things much simpler.

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s4i 8mo ago

I personally solved this need with a simple bookmarklet: https://samulisuomi.github.io/youtube-unshortify-bookmarklet/ https://samulisuomi.github.io/youtube-unshortify-bookmarklet...

ulam2 8mo ago

I personally solved this by using revanced and disabling shorts completely.

shmageggy 8mo ago
I personally solved this by never clicking a short. We don't have to engage with every technology presented to us.
- rightbyte 8mo ago
  It is hard not to accidently click on shorts when they are interleaved in search results.
  - Bender 8mo ago
    Adding that once one accidentally clicks on a short all the results are skewed in that direction afterwards. I have to close the browser, run BleachBit and start over.
squarefoot 8mo ago
Same here with FreeTube. YT has become a toxic experience on any browser and recently it has stopped working on my laptop with Firefox and uBlock Origin, no matter if I surf it as logged in in my main google account or not. The same arrangement works on my main desktop, but i mostly use FreeTube there as well.

divingdragon 8mo ago

I use the rule ||youtube.com/shorts/*$uritransform=/shorts\/(.*)/watch\/\$1/` in uBlock Origin. (Except that it doesn't work if you click on a short from YouTube's interface - it loads with JavaScript which bypasses the redirection.)

shubhangigovil 8mo ago
try tapermonkey script ``` // ==UserScript== // @name YouTube Shorts → Normal Player // @match ://www.youtube.com/ // @run-at document-start // ==/UserScript== function redirectShorts() { const match = location.pathname.match(/^\/shorts\/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/); if (match) { location.replace(`/watch?v=${match[1]}`); } } // Catch initial page load redirectShorts(); // Catch SPA navigation early (fires before page renders) document.addEventListener('yt-navigate-start', redirectShorts); // Fallback document.addEventListener('yt-navigate-finish', redirectShorts); ```

sheept 8mo ago

I have a userscript that does this, but one downside is that it refreshes the page, so if I go back in history (eg I misclicked), it resets the recommendation page

bigprof 8mo ago

Instead of directly clicking the short to play it, open the menu at the bottom right and click add to playlist. This will play out in the classic player without having to configure ublock rules. And if the rest of the playlist is playing at more than 1x, this will also apply to the short.