return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agoYouTube now lets you hide Shortswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1186arrow-down16
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minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-216 hours agotl;dr: App only. Account -> Settings ->Time Management -> Shorts feed limit Browser: I use a couple plugins to purge sharts from existence. One of them that also does a LOT of customization and usability fixes: https://github.com/code-charity/youtube
minus-squareMimicJar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·15 hours agoEven when set to 0 you’ll still see shorts, it just stops (or limits) the infinite scrolling.
minus-squaresubterfuge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-215 hours agoIt’s a dark-pattern control just to say they are doing something about it. It only limits the number of minutes you can death-scroll Shorts. You’re still drinking from the Shorts firehose for up to 15 min, minimum. You can’t turn shorts off. Edit: this may be only in the U.S.
tl;dr:
App only. Account -> Settings ->Time Management -> Shorts feed limit
Browser: I use a couple plugins to purge sharts from existence. One of them that also does a LOT of customization and usability fixes: https://github.com/code-charity/youtube
Even when set to 0 you’ll still see shorts, it just stops (or limits) the infinite scrolling.
It’s a dark-pattern control just to say they are doing something about it.
It only limits the number of minutes you can death-scroll Shorts. You’re still drinking from the Shorts firehose for up to 15 min, minimum.
You can’t turn shorts off.
Edit: this may be only in the U.S.