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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: 0s | source
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nomilk ◴[23 Oct 25 22:40 UTC] No.45688297[source]▶
Add this to your uBlock Origin Lite filter list.

I haven't seen a short since :)

https://github.com/gijsdev/ublock-hide-yt-shorts/blob/master...

How to do it: Click on uBlock Origin Lite extension -> Settings (cog icon) -> Filter lists -> Custom filters -> Import / Export (bottom of page) -> Paste in the list

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Quarrelsome ◴[23 Oct 25 22:44 UTC] No.45688360[source]▶
Speaking of which, what the fuck is wrong with product managers at big tech these days?

When I try to express:

> I don't want to see ANY shorts

instead, I get:

> show me fewer youtube shorts

when I want to say:

> NO

I'm only allowed to say:

> mAyBe LaTeR

Do the people behind these design decisions not realise they're monsters by gagging their users into only being able to express notions that appease them?

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1. Timwi ◴[23 Oct 25 22:49 UTC] No.45688409[source]▶
It doesn't matter whether they realize it. Even if they do, they just don't care. Most corporate leaders have high degrees of psychopathy. They are exclusively focused on their profits and nothing else. If gagging their users makes them more money than not gagging their users, they will gag their users and they will spare zero thought on how the users might feel about being gagged.