Problem with shorts is until you click on them you don’t know what channel they’re from. Lots of things that look legit are actually AI junk or someone ripping off someone else’s channel.
One thing I hate with shorts is that (at least on desktop for me) they hide the dates. When I see something I want to know if it’s recent or not, so I avoid shorts altogether.
Problem with shorts is until you click on them you don’t know what channel they’re from. Lots of things that look legit are actually AI junk or someone ripping off someone else’s channel.
One thing I hate with shorts is that (at least on desktop for me) they hide the dates. When I see something I want to know if it’s recent or not, so I avoid shorts altogether.
There are a few Firefox plugins that exclude Shorts from YouTube search results.
Web search engines that provide a video search may have a duration filter. Both Kagi and DuckDuckGo can do this, in a quick check.
You can block them with uBlock, too.
I’ve disabled shorts in feed and search. Much better without that stupid shit.