Okay, since I haven’t seen anyone mention it yet, you can block shorts using unlock origin. You can block pretty much any component on any website.
Padit@feddit.org 9 hours ago
I dont really understand, is it possible to block JUST the shorts on Youtube? Any idea where i can find more about that?
I dont want to leave youtube just yet, but occasionally the shorts are melting my brain.
spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
ReluctantlyZen@ani.social 32 minutes ago
Just make sure, uNlock or uBlock origin?
mikedd@lemmy.world 26 minutes ago
uBlock Origin for sure
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Smarttube will block shorts, works best on TVs and large screen devices.
YouTube revanced will as well, make sure you download the right one, lots of fakes out there.
old.reddit.com/…/simplest_way_to_get_the_official…
Not sure if you can filter out shorts within browsers with something like u lock origin filters, may need to look into it.
Shorts are literally brainrot. Fuck tiktok, fuck shorts.
UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Raptorox@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
Didn’t vanced die? I’m pretty sure the continuation is revanced over at revanced.app
UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
You can get the revanced app from there or github. Vance. Did die. The revanced app has all the alternatives like morphed, rvx etc
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
The reddit post has the recent updates, revanced, since a lot of fake ones popped up. Be safe with apks.
SailorMoss@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
“YouTube Enhanced” add-on lets you block them on Firefox and Chrome.
imjustmsk@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
I still use YouTube but never sign in, so basically I just search for what I wanna watch, Instead of subscribing I just have the channels I want in am RSS feed.
I might consider self hosting Invidious maybe.
Alberat@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
how do you do this?
fluxx@mander.xyz 9 hours ago
There is an extension for Firefox for blocking shorts. You lose the shorts button and any short you access through a link is converted into a regular, full size video.
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 9 hours ago
On android you can hide/remove with revanced.
fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Revanced not working so well lately…
alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
Check out Morphe which is a fork of revanced and better maintained github.com/morpheapp
Tetsuo@jlai.lu 2 hours ago
I’ll be honest morphe has been a total nightmare for me. It works 70% of the times. 30% of the times it rewinds mid video to a random timestamp. And will do that in a loop.
In my experience that has been the very worse app I used on Android for YT.
To be fair it’s not really their fault if YT is constantly trying to disrupt their app.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
I’ll take a look next time revanced belly ups.
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 5 hours ago
idk what issues you have, I have it running on 5 devices
rumba@lemmy.zip 3 hours ago
Youtube does a lot of A/B testing. Last time I ran it, I could use it on one device/account but not on another.
instead of fighting with it, I installed newpipe, pipepipe, grayjay and brave mobile. They all autoupdate. One of the 4 will always show youtube without ads. The first three don’t randomly show me anything I don’t ask for.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Mine started acting weird on wifi today, so I updated it. Getting a sponsorblock error 502, but working otherwise.
2.2.2 came out 12 hours ago, updating now to check it all again.
Squizzy@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Vanced lets you remove the tab and remove the full portrait default, think it pulls shorts from results too.
A much better experience
Gojo_Luffy@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
SoloPhoenyx@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Seconding ReVanced. RVX works like a charm. Not ready to leave the Google ecosystem just yet. But, when I do, I’ll switch to primarily using NewPipe.
I’m also keeping track of Haven as they may be an up and coming YT alternative for artists and creatives. They’re currently in seed funding so it’ll be interesting to see if they can get off the ground.
InTheNameOfScheddi@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
On Android you can remove shorts with Brave
jimothysupreme@lemmy.org 2 hours ago
Yes, Brave let’s you do that.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
While also supporting scams and homophobia