I really enjoy watching videos on YouTube, there are so many great creators that I love, however I find myself getting drawn into Shorts and I just get stuck doom scrolling for eternity. Can anyone please recommend an iOS YouTube client that doesn't give me access to Shorts?

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[โ€“] 14 points 3 years ago

Iโ€™ll show you how to watch it without pants.

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Best option, although still not a very good one, is a browser with an invidious instance website ( e.g inv.tux.pizza ) as they have no shorts. Probably one of the few solutions on IOS.

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    [โ€“] 3 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    My advice would be to enable iOS screen time settings and set YouTube to a small limit.

    Once the limit is reached it'll nag you every 15 minutes.

    If you're absolutely incapable of controlling yourself you could set up a second account to act as a parent which you'll need to seek approval from to extend or rather lock you out completely.

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  • [+] -7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Or... hear me out, you could just NOT doom scrolling ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿฟโ€โ™‚๏ธ

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