▲ 541 ▼ Youtube search page has so many shorts before the actual videos... (programming.dev) submitted 3 years ago by CosmicRaptor@programming.dev to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world 96 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] CosmicRaptor@programming.dev [S] 64 points 3 years ago (3 children) The desktop site is not any better. The uBlock origin rules for blocking shorts are a lifesaver. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] mrspaz@lemmy.world 32 points 3 years ago (2 children) I have several Tampermonkey scripts to keep Youtube useable: Additionally uBlock, and a plugin to alter the number of results per row (so I don't wind up with gigantic tiles/icons on a large monitor). It's a complete disaster without these. :/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] StorageAware@lemmings.world 6 points 3 years ago Yep, I also have one to automaticlly stop the annoying autoplay on channel pages. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago I am saving this for later, there are also some browser extensions that do this job doesn't it? permalink fedilink source parent [–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 16 points 3 years ago (1 child) YouTube is that desperate to be TikTok. Why? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rettetdemdativ@feddit.de 12 points 3 years ago Because it seems to be working for TikTok. People's attention spans are getting shorter and these short videos, each a couple of seconds long, are a money printer, as Google can put even more ads in between even less content. permalink fedilink source parent [–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 years ago And there's not only 1, but 2 rows of them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mrspaz@lemmy.world 32 points 3 years ago (2 children) I have several Tampermonkey scripts to keep Youtube useable: Additionally uBlock, and a plugin to alter the number of results per row (so I don't wind up with gigantic tiles/icons on a large monitor). It's a complete disaster without these. :/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] StorageAware@lemmings.world 6 points 3 years ago Yep, I also have one to automaticlly stop the annoying autoplay on channel pages. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago I am saving this for later, there are also some browser extensions that do this job doesn't it? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] StorageAware@lemmings.world 6 points 3 years ago Yep, I also have one to automaticlly stop the annoying autoplay on channel pages. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago I am saving this for later, there are also some browser extensions that do this job doesn't it? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 16 points 3 years ago (1 child) YouTube is that desperate to be TikTok. Why? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rettetdemdativ@feddit.de 12 points 3 years ago Because it seems to be working for TikTok. People's attention spans are getting shorter and these short videos, each a couple of seconds long, are a money printer, as Google can put even more ads in between even less content. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rettetdemdativ@feddit.de 12 points 3 years ago Because it seems to be working for TikTok. People's attention spans are getting shorter and these short videos, each a couple of seconds long, are a money printer, as Google can put even more ads in between even less content. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 years ago And there's not only 1, but 2 rows of them. permalink fedilink source parent
