I thought hover play functionality can be turned off in youtube settings?
But as I was typing this, I realised it’s useful for non logged in youtube, I assume.
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piskertariot@lemmy.world 1 week ago
uBlock Origin can also get rid of Shorts in Youtube, as well as the hover-play functionaliy.
! Kill YT Shorts youtube.com##ytd-reel-shelf-renderer youtube.com##.html5-endscreen-content youtube.com##.html5-endscreen youtube.com##.ytp-ce-element youtube.com###video-preview-container annotations_module.js$script,domain=youtube.com /endscreen.js$script,domain=www.youtube.com****
JayGray91@piefed.social 1 week ago
djdarren@piefed.social 6 days ago
Aso, YT has a tendency to reset settings like that whenever you log in.
JayGray91@piefed.social 5 days ago
That’s true too.
lapislazuli@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
I’ve used uBlock to get rid of everything: the homepage (no stupid video suggestions), the upcoming videos and the comment section. I go on Youtube to watch the videos I know I want to watch, not find new videos. I know this sounds a bit radical, but it works well for me.
wuffah@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Oh my GOD thank you
victorz@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Huh. I love shorts. I have a curated YouTube account that shows me very interesting shorts about science, music, gaming, comedy, PC building, web development, tech news, etc etc. I wonder why people don’t like shorts. Using YouTube without being logged in?
wuffah@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Shorts are deliberately and effectively addictive. Once Google found out they could copy the TikTok paradigm without being sued, they forced it down everyone’s throat. Ever wonder why you can’t disable shorts? Because they KNOW it’s addictive. We are being farmed.
YouTube is a vital tool for news and information. It should be NATIONALIZED, and purposefully exploitative technology like shorts should be BANNED.
ReverendIrreverence@lemmy.world 6 days ago
YouTube is a vital tool for news and information
YouTube is a “vital” tool for uneducated opinions and mis-information FTFY
victorz@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I agree with everything you said, to some degree. I’m just saying that shorts on my account are great, because I’ve honed my algorithm over many years so that it only gives me relevant stuff. I never see anything I don’t want to see, basically. My Watch Later list overfloweth. 😅
lime@feddit.nu 6 days ago
it’s mostly the interface, the layout, the clickbaityness the format encourages, and the fact that no useful information can fit in that short a video.
victorz@lemmy.world 6 days ago
the fact that no useful information can fit in that short a video.
Have to disagree with the notion that this is a fact. I watch informative and interesting shorts all the time. Plenty out there if you have the right subscriptions and are careful with how you use the service.
E.g. you must never scroll shorts. Watch the ones you want to see, then back out, so you never see anything that pollutes your account history.
If you see something you don’t like, put a negative vote on it, me yve even click “don’t see this account again” or whatever it’s called. And vice versa, upvote and subscribe to stuff you like.
It requires some effort but for me it’s worth the interesting content.
Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf 6 days ago
Alphabet is known to mess around with the algorithms so you’ll always get disgusting Nazi shit in your suggestions sooner or later. Also, a lot of people can’t back out of doom-scrolling, because of bad impulse control (people with ADHD for example). And even if there’s something informative in there. It will always lack a lot of information. It’s like merely reading the headline of an article and then going into the comments, claiming you know everything about the topic (happens on Lemmy a lot).
It’s nice that you seem to have a grip on these shorts, but it’s even greater that you can use certain tools to eradicate them. On my mobile phone I use YouTube revanced and on Firefox/waterfox I use Tweaks for YouTube. With the latter you can also change the thumbnail size and grid the way you want so you don’t have to cope with the ridiculously large thumbnails.
starelfsc2@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
idk with the old shorts this was more true, but now if it’s like a quick tips thing or just a preview of a longer video, so long as you’re not scrolling shorts and only engage with the more informative ones scarcely, they seem to have a place. Youtube pushes them to be infinitely scrolled clickbait garbage though so that’s probably the experience for 95% of people.
victorz@lemmy.world 6 days ago
This is the key. I never scroll shorts. I only click deliberately on the ones I know I want to see. Then back out. This way there is little to no pollution.
tophneal@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Does that kill just shorts or everything you mentioned in your post?
piskertariot@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Everything in the comment. They’re all pretty well described if you wanted to pick-and-choose.
voytrekk@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
There is also the Unhook extension if you want to fine tune what components are visible on YouTube.