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YouTube now lets you hide Shorts (www.engadget.com)

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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

So many of the shorts I’ve seen are repackaged Tik Tok that it makes sense for YT not to encourage publishing on a competitor first.

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[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

I thought that's what Shorts are? A TikTok copycat

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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago

Yeah, but I’d think k YouTube would rather people post there first (or exclusively) than to have their competitor’s logo in every video

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