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[–] Astronautical@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Wait how do you disable shorts this is the first I'm hearing of this

[–] eee@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

with uBlock Origin, right click on the shorts area > click on ublock's "Block element" > select the Shorts section > Block

[–] DV8@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Blocking with uBlock really isn't the same as disabling. Disabling implies you're using the app and it's a setting.

[–] PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can disable them in Vanced and Revanced. NewPipe either disables them by default or doesn't even support them, which is fine with me.

[–] DV8@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

None of those apps are the original and official app. Which is pretty obviously what this was about. I used to use Vanced and it never worked as easily as everyone seems to imply, and I never could get it to cast. Vanced is no longer available on the PlayStore btw, and the same can be expected for every app that tries to offer YouTube content, modified.

[–] PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Right, well, it seems like you don't want solutions and would rather just whine about something.

[–] frododouchebaggins@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago

The solution I used is to pay for the service that removes ads and scroll right past shorts, ignoring it. Let me guess, google should provide you that infrastructure for free?

[–] normonator@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

Modded apps and extensions. Revanced, Smarttubenext, shortsblock, etc.

[–] Zerfallen@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I target the Shorts container row element with uBlock, so it's removed permanently from the grid.

[–] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Details please!