I prefer “list” view over grid view. Switching to grid view shows six videos before the break, but significantly less information about the video.

  • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
    1051·
    2 years ago

    You can hide segments like that with ublock, fwiw. It’s been really useful to me for these kinds of changes every single website seems to be pushing these days.

    • 20gramsWrench@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      81·
      2 years ago

      I found youtube in particular to use very generic functionq that are used in other places so blocking something small ends up blocking other things, iirc from the long time ago that I wasn’t using piped, blocking youtube premium prompt broke comments or something along those lines

      • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Sure, it depends on the coding of the site. Personally, I make sure to block the entire container where possible, and I haven’t run into too many issues like that.

    • pallettownbry@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      2 years ago

      Also DeArrow extension is really good for removing the clickbait thumbnails and replaces them with a simple still from the video itself. It also removes Emojis and special characters from the titles.

      Other essential extensions for YouTube for me are (1) sponsorblock and (2) enhancer for YouTube.

    • peachybuttcheek@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      Anyone using Arc who needs a boost to block all YouTube bloat, let me know. I created one for myself but haven’t submitted it to the gallery. It hides shorts, suggested search results and some other crap.

    • HughJanus@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      I dunno when it happened but there was a time before clickbait and in-video ads. That was the good time.

    • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      You can also hide these segments by just clicking the X in the top right corner. It’ll hide the shelf (I think that’s how YouTube calls them) for 30 days.