CosmicRaptor@programming.dev to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoYoutube search page has so many shorts before the actual videos...programming.devimagemessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1555arrow-down116
arrow-up1539arrow-down1imageYoutube search page has so many shorts before the actual videos...programming.devCosmicRaptor@programming.dev to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square106fedilink
minus-squareCosmicRaptor@programming.devOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63·1 year agoThe desktop site is not any better. The uBlock origin rules for blocking shorts are a lifesaver.
minus-squaremrspaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·1 year agoI 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 year agoYep, I also have one to automaticlly stop the annoying autoplay on channel pages.
minus-squarekratoz29@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI am saving this for later, there are also some browser extensions that do this job doesn’t it?
minus-squarefckreddit@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 year agoYouTube is that desperate to be TikTok. Why?
minus-squarerettetdemdativ@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·1 year agoBecause 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 year agoAnd 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.