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FocusTube: A Chrome extension that hides YouTube Shorts

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269 points youz | 2 comments | 23 Oct 25 21:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.413s | source
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CaptainOfCoit ◴[23 Oct 25 22:40 UTC] No.45688303[source]▶
I find it slightly ironic that that statements ends with "YouTube Shorts" and not just "YouTube". What in particular makes the shorts so much worse compared to regular videos? If life is short, shouldn't one try to avoid spending too much time on YouTube overall?
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1. alecsm ◴[23 Oct 25 22:43 UTC] No.45688348[source]▶
Many shorts are just AI cuts from bigger videos made to draw attention.

And what's worse is the infinite scroll.

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2. johnisgood ◴[23 Oct 25 22:58 UTC] No.45688509[source]▶
Many shorts are just many different moments from a regular video indeed.