• @_dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyz
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    8 months ago

    Here’s my uBlock origin custom rules for blocking youtube shorts:

    ! Block Youtube Shorts on front page
    youtube.com##ytd-rich-section-renderer > .ytd-rich-section-renderer > .ytd-rich-section-renderer[is-shorts=""]
    youtube.com##yt-formatted-string:has-text(/#shorts/):upward(ytd-rich-item-renderer.ytd-rich-grid-row)
     
    ! Block Youtube Shorts on the subscriptions page
    youtube.com##ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[overlay-style=SHORTS]:upward(ytd-grid-video-renderer.ytd-grid-renderer)
     
    ! Remove Shorts on sidebar menu
    youtube.com##a.yt-simple-endpoint.ytd-guide-entry-renderer[title=Shorts]:upward(ytd-guide-entry-renderer.ytd-guide-section-renderer)
     
    ! Block Youtube Shorts on the search results page
    youtube.com##ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[overlay-style=SHORTS]:upward(ytd-video-renderer.ytd-item-section-renderer)
    youtube.com##span.ytd-reel-shelf-renderer:has-text(/Shorts/):upward(ytd-reel-shelf-renderer.ytd-item-section-renderer)
    

    I am much happier having this real estate back. Fuck yt shorts!

  • KptnAutismus
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    268 months ago

    yup, i watch 20+ hour VODS of someone playing a game instead of just playing the game myself.

      • SuperDuper
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        68 months ago

        Although playing video games is still fun for me. Playing sports just reminds me of how old and decrepit my body has become over the years.

    • spez
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      68 months ago

      I do that cause I can’t play the game myself.

      • Chetzemoka
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        38 months ago

        This is what I do as well. That’s when my middle-aged ass realized I’ve actually turned into my 9yo nephew lol

        • @Evilsmiley@sh.itjust.works
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          28 months ago

          My 9yo cousins cant hack it. I let them play my pc and the second youtube went on the other screen they were hypnotised, completely stopped playing the game for 15 mins

  • ares35
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    208 months ago

    i ain’t got time for that 10 hour bullshit… someone have a tl;dw summary of what’s in that paw patrol episode?

      • @Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee
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        128 months ago

        Readers suggested additional context: Inside the stopped car there was a terrorist holding a child hostage and threatened to explode the car if demands weren’t met. Police dog took a shot and miserably failed, resulting in 30 casualties

        • SuperDuper
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          158 months ago

          There was no terrorist, police dog just wrote that in the official report to save their own ass. Don’t worry, after an internal investigation police dog has been transferred to a different department 30 miles away and insists a lesson was learned.

          • @_dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyz
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            88 months ago

            You forgot the part about the “terrorist” being the cop’s ex, and the baby being the out-of-wedlock love child of the ex and the cop’s former best friend. So the traffic stop’s justification in the first place was completely fucked.

    • @lugal@sopuli.xyz
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      58 months ago

      Nobody watches videos anymore. Back in the days, video recorders were invented so we don’t have to watch TV anymore, now there is a watch later list on YouTube.

  • @doctorcrimson@lemmy.today
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    188 months ago

    Both videos are Copaganda served to you by the Global Centralized Police Department powered by Google, colloquially known as the GGCPD.

  • @popemichael@lemmy.sdf.org
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    88 months ago

    The longform video format is highly underrated.

    Some days I want to watch a 20 hour retrospective on Skyrim.

    Other days I want to enjoy 20 hours of an AI voice recapping a Korean manhwa about the world’s most powerful necromancer from another world that’s like a video game…

    YouTube shorts also have their place for micro hits of dopamine.

    So long as it makes us happy, it can’t be that bad?

  • Queen HawlSera
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    78 months ago

    That is pretty much the state of it. Until some insane crazy person kills someone, and youtube considers a specific character to be a dog whistle showing support to the crazy person.

    Yes this actually happened to Danny Phantom fans.

    I imagine when Nickelodeon smash comes out, all of the videos showing off the Ember character are going to get flagged. I already had an Ember related video that got flagged for criminal Behavior and they turned down my appeal. Thankfully YouTube is not my job.

    Maybe I’m a sucker for choosing to be a janitor instead of a YouTuber, but I at least have labor laws protecting my 13 an hour…

    Better than “Fuck you because we’re Youtube” with a side of “We are falsley accussing you of being a groomer because you’re famous and we want attention”

  • @PaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.works
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    78 months ago

    I do watch some scientific/historical YouTube channels, but I try to keep them limited and vetted. I don’t mind (and actually enjoy) listing to someone passionately monologue regarding their hobby/favourite piece of media. That’s a low stakes topic where even if they’re giving me wrong info it’s not terribly harmful.

    Not to say that ‘professional’(syndicated/broadcasted) documentaries are all truth, considering the History channel. I just like my background noise to not lead me down an awful rabbit hole.

    • Queen HawlSera
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      78 months ago

      Even National Geographic is going down the pseudoscience rabbit hole.

      I try to Listen to True Crime stuff on youtube, but it’s really hard now that the name of basically every felony has to be censored out of the video to avoid demonetization

        • Queen HawlSera
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          28 months ago

          Literally doing articles on “Magic is real, science says so! Here’s the evidence for voodoo!”

          Not an exageration