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Thank you Google for breaking my YouTube addiction

(rakhim.exotext.com)
106 points ambigious7777 | 5 comments | 18 May 25 11:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.637s | source
1. danielbln ◴[18 May 25 12:19 UTC] No.44020807[source]▶
Unless you fall into the bottomless rabbit hole that is Shorts. That's waaaaay more addictive than your regular long form YT content.

Fun fact: disabling watch history also disables Shorts.

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2. magicalhippo ◴[18 May 25 12:30 UTC] No.44020890[source]▶
I find shorts actively annoying.

Every once in a while I click on one because it's not just a small tidbit from a longer video, and every time I get annoyed the feature exists and don't want to see another one for a long time.

3. pbasista ◴[18 May 25 12:42 UTC] No.44020972[source]▶
> disabling watch history also disables Shorts.

I have YouTube watch history disabled and when I search for something I usually get a few "lines" of search results filled with "Shorts".

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4. kaashif ◴[18 May 25 12:48 UTC] No.44021009[source]▶
I don't understand Shorts. My primary use case for YouTube is putting some 20-30 min video on the TV while I eat. I barely watch YouTube in any other context.

I may be unusual but there's an entire subreddit for "mealtime videos" so this use case must be common.

5. danielbln ◴[18 May 25 13:17 UTC] No.44021204[source]▶
Yeah but the endless customized one-more-time mechanism won't work anymore, which is the addictive part.