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But what if I want a faster horse?

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1525 points saeedesmaili | 1 comments | 11 Apr 25 11:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.412s | source
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eadmund ◴[11 Apr 25 15:20 UTC] No.43654851[source]▶
> YouTube. YouTube: Once a video catalog with social discovery. Now? TikTok.

I hate YouTube Shorts with a passion. They are low-effort engagement bait. They cannot be disabled.

Even worse, my Google TV will not play them when my phone is connected to it, and my phone will not play them when it is connected to my TV. Both devices can play them fine, they just don’t want to play them when they are connected.

There can be no good technical reason for this. It’s just delivering a bad experience because it can.

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barbazoo ◴[11 Apr 25 16:07 UTC] No.43655415[source]▶
> They cannot be disabled

Chrome: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/unhook-remove-youtu...

Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/youtube-recom...

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1. eadmund ◴[11 Apr 25 16:30 UTC] No.43655671[source]▶
I want to disable them in the phone and TV apps. I haven’t used YouTube in the browser much for almost a decade! It’s kind of surprising to me.