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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: 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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verdverm ◴[23 Oct 25 22:58 UTC] No.45688505[source]▶
Same with AI at the top of search, I just want to to go away permanently. I will go to an AI app when I want to use AI
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FridgeSeal ◴[23 Oct 25 23:01 UTC] No.45688539[source]▶
“We have invested in the ai, so the peons will _use_ the ai and we will get that ROI” - the PM’s, I imagine.
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1. verdverm ◴[23 Oct 25 23:05 UTC] No.45688586[source]▶
Their hard pushing makes me use it less. I've ended several subscriptions citing this

(and I like ai and find it generally useful, but not in ever f'n little space they can find to make back their overspending during a hype cycle)

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2. al_borland ◴[23 Oct 25 23:09 UTC] No.45688634[source]▶
I have liked Kagi’s approach. If I add a question mark to the end of my search string it will show the AI results… or there is a button to display them. I almost always do this, because I find it helpful, but I like that I am opting into it as needed, rather than it feeling forced on me.