CosmicRaptor to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前Youtube search page has so many shorts before the actual videos...imagemessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1575arrow-down116
arrow-up1559arrow-down1imageYoutube search page has so many shorts before the actual videos...CosmicRaptor to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前message-square96fedilink
minus-squareCosmicRaptorOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up67·1 年前The desktop site is not any better. The uBlock origin rules for blocking shorts are a lifesaver.
minus-squaremrspaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·1 年前I have several Tampermonkey scripts to keep Youtube useable: Additionally uBlock, and a plugin to alter the number of results per row (so I don’t wind up with gigantic tiles/icons on a large monitor). It’s a complete disaster without these. :/
minus-squareStorageAware@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 年前Yep, I also have one to automaticlly stop the annoying autoplay on channel pages.
minus-squarekratoz29@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 年前I am saving this for later, there are also some browser extensions that do this job doesn’t it?
minus-squarefckreddit@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 年前YouTube is that desperate to be TikTok. Why?
minus-squarerettetdemdativ@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·1 年前Because it seems to be working for TikTok. People’s attention spans are getting shorter and these short videos, each a couple of seconds long, are a money printer, as Google can put even more ads in between even less content.
minus-squareu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 年前And there’s not only 1, but 2 rows of them.
The desktop site is not any better. The uBlock origin rules for blocking shorts are a lifesaver.
I have several Tampermonkey scripts to keep Youtube useable:
Additionally uBlock, and a plugin to alter the number of results per row (so I don’t wind up with gigantic tiles/icons on a large monitor).
It’s a complete disaster without these. :/
Yep, I also have one to automaticlly stop the annoying autoplay on channel pages.
I am saving this for later, there are also some browser extensions that do this job doesn’t it?
YouTube is that desperate to be TikTok. Why?
Because it seems to be working for TikTok. People’s attention spans are getting shorter and these short videos, each a couple of seconds long, are a money printer, as Google can put even more ads in between even less content.
And there’s not only 1, but 2 rows of them.