Here’s my uBlock origin custom rules for blocking youtube shorts:
! Block Youtube Shorts on front page youtube.com##ytd-rich-section-renderer > .ytd-rich-section-renderer > .ytd-rich-section-renderer[is-shorts=""] youtube.com##yt-formatted-string:has-text(/#shorts/):upward(ytd-rich-item-renderer.ytd-rich-grid-row) ! Block Youtube Shorts on the subscriptions page youtube.com##ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[overlay-style=SHORTS]:upward(ytd-grid-video-renderer.ytd-grid-renderer) ! Remove Shorts on sidebar menu youtube.com##a.yt-simple-endpoint.ytd-guide-entry-renderer[title=Shorts]:upward(ytd-guide-entry-renderer.ytd-guide-section-renderer) ! Block Youtube Shorts on the search results page youtube.com##ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[overlay-style=SHORTS]:upward(ytd-video-renderer.ytd-item-section-renderer) youtube.com##span.ytd-reel-shelf-renderer:has-text(/Shorts/):upward(ytd-reel-shelf-renderer.ytd-item-section-renderer)I am much happier having this real estate back. Fuck yt shorts!
I have a redirector rule that redirects
youtube.com/shorts/whateverwithyoutube.com/watch?v=whatever, so it uses the good player when I open a short.details here
Example URL: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/abcdefghijk
Include pattern: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/*
Redirect to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=$1
Pattern type: WildcardHere is an alternative Piped link(s):
www.piped.video/shorts/abcdefghijk
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
no those aren’t actual links
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I am avoiding tiktok style videos like the plague but it’s hard to escape youtube shorts.
On the other thand yesterday I finished the new Down The Rabbit Hole - EVE: Online by Fredrik Knudsen - about 6hrs runtime
Edit: escaping shorts in the sense that some of them are actually well made, informative and/or funny
it’s hard to escape youtube shorts
I don’t get it
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
the new Down The Rabbit Hole by Fredrik Knudsen - about 6hrs runtime
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
i ain’t got time for that 10 hour bullshit… someone have a tl;dw summary of what’s in that paw patrol episode?
The police dog shoots a child on a routine traffic stop
Readers suggested additional context: Inside the stopped car there was a terrorist holding a child hostage and threatened to explode the car if demands weren’t met. Police dog took a shot and miserably failed, resulting in 30 casualties
Both videos are Copaganda served to you by the Global Centralized Police Department powered by Google, colloquially known as the GGCPD.
