Some veteran YouTube staff think Shorts might ruin YouTube : technology

[-] TheGreatFox@lemm.ee 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm using some custom ublock origin filters that I found somewhere to block shorts across all of youtube:

!Youtube Shorts
www.youtube.com###guide-content #endpoint[title="Shorts"]:upward(ytd-guide-entry-renderer)
www.youtube.com###items #endpoint[title="Shorts"]:upward(ytd-mini-guide-entry-renderer)
www.youtube.com##ytd-browse #dismissible ytd-rich-grid-slim-media[is-short]:upward(ytd-rich-section-renderer)
www.youtube.com##ytd-browse ytd-grid-video-renderer:has(span.ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[aria-label="Shorts"])
www.youtube.com##ytd-browse ytd-rich-item-renderer:has(span.ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[aria-label="Shorts"])
www.youtube.com##ytd-search ytd-video-renderer:has(span.ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[aria-label="Shorts"])
www.youtube.com##ytd-watch-next-secondary-results-renderer ytd-compact-video-renderer:has(span.ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[aria-label="Shorts"])
www.youtube.com##ytd-browse[page-subtype="subscriptions"] ytd-video-renderer span.ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[aria-label="Shorts"]:upward(ytd-item-section-renderer)
m.youtube.com##ytm-reel-shelf-renderer
m.youtube.com##ytm-pivot-bar-renderer div.pivot-shorts:upward(ytm-pivot-bar-item-renderer)
m.youtube.com##ytm-browse ytm-item-section-renderer ytm-video-with-context-renderer:has(ytm-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[data-style="SHORTS"])
m.youtube.com##ytm-browse ytm-item-section-renderer ytm-compact-video-renderer:has(ytm-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[data-style="SHORTS"])
m.youtube.com##ytm-search ytm-compact-video-renderer:has(ytm-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[data-style="SHORTS"])

Also separately, for blocking videos that don't exist yet, which I also dislike:

!Youtube upcoming videos
www.youtube.com##ytd-browse ytd-grid-video-renderer:has(ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[overlay-style="UPCOMING"])
www.youtube.com##ytd-browse ytd-rich-item-renderer:has(ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[overlay-style="UPCOMING"])
www.youtube.com##ytd-browse[page-subtype="subscriptions"] ytd-video-renderer ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[overlay-style="UPCOMING"]:upward(ytd-item-section-renderer)

[-] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago

He's talking about smart tv app. If those "shorts" are being pulled from some other subdomain then perhaps a block rule on that domain set on the router would help. But best just not to use youtube.

[-] zurohki@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure shorts are just Youtube videos but with a different UI.

You can take the video ID from the URL of a Shorts clip and put it in a normal Youtube URL and the shorts video plays with the normal Youtube player.

[-] Asudox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Basically.

[-] Hazdaz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I don't know what I would do with this. And I mentioned to someone else that I mostly watch YT on a Shield. Is this even relevant to me?

[-] S_H_K@lemmy.fmhy.net 4 points 1 year ago

Surprising no one jumped onto you with thw revanced suggestions.

[+] somedaysoon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[-] Hazdaz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I might have to look into that. I do wonder how it could know when a segment is sponsored.

I don't care that much about the ads since we already have Premium so we don't see the ads anyways.

[-] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Premium doesn't skip the ads in the videos

[-] Hazdaz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That's what 2X speed is for.

[-] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Well this is a passive function.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

What I want is a YouTube viewer that cuts out ads that I can use on my Mac or my iPhone to use on my TV with a Chromecast.

Chromecast is how I view all my TV content.

[-] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You'll have to take that up with Apple. They're the ones dictating that you can't use any of the wonderful apps we have on Android.

As for Chromecast, SmartTube Next is what you want

[-] CmdrMoto@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Check out https://ghcr.io/nichobi/sponsorblockcast - run it on your LAN, and it’ll use SponsorBlock to clean up any YouTube-Chromecast stream you want.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks!

[-] CmdrMoto@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

And of course the thing I mentioned has now been superseded by https://github.com/gabe565/CastSponsorSkip

[+] CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org 2 points 1 year ago

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[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

There's a little hidden button on the Shorts pane that you can see when you hover it. It gives you the ability to hide them for 30 days if you click it.

[-] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

They've started putting them in the recommended videos pane on the right when playing videos in a browser. Worst of all, they put it near the top and in a much larger cell than the rest of the recommended videos.

[-] Hazdaz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I watch YouTube mostly on my TV (using a Shield) so I don't think that would work for me.

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