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FocusTube: A Chrome extension that hides YouTube Shorts

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269 points youz | 1 comments | 23 Oct 25 21:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.265s | 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. FuckButtons ◴[23 Oct 25 22:46 UTC] No.45688379[source]▶
Well, you’ve more or less described the issue yourself. I don’t need YouTube shorts to exist, at all. Youtube itself, is actually helpful for certain things, so I’m happy it exists. Even if it’s incentives don’t really align with my use of it as a sleep aid / radio station / university lectures and conference talk video portal.