I made a filter in ublock origin. Haven’t seen shorts in forever and I didn’t even realize they were trying to peddle ‘games’ now
Comment on YouTube tops Disney and Netflix in TV viewing
trk@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago“Shorts” and “Games” are like herpes. No matter how many times you try to get rid of them, they just keep appearing.
I do not want short form video, nor do I want to participate in “gaming” that is just poker machines reskinned as a “game” to take your money.
The “not interested” button, it does nothing!
winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
raltoid@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
When combined with “don’t recommend channel” and removing videos from your watch history, it works for content. Unless you actually partake in related content. For example: If you watch political content, you will get recommended stuff opposite to what you like, regardless of many times you click “not interested”.
Although it should be mentioned that “not interested” does literally nothing when it comes to not seeing shorts, for that you need an extension or app that let you hide them.
C45513@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
“Not Interested” is just free data for them to fill out your account’s advertising profile.