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Has anyone else noticed how search quality on YouTube and Google have worsened? (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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In the case of YouTube, only after a few results they become completely unrelated to my search.

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[–] 2 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Extensions are your friend. I've had to install several just to make YouTube useable!

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

    I'd be interested to know if there's a way to fix this issue with extensions. Do you mean browser extensions? I use a browser sometimes and newpipe sometimes.

    Using a browser and ublock origin, I find viewing youtube to work ok except for the occasional age gated video that I can't view without a google account. What's stopped working is search ordering and seeing timestamps. Like old comments might get labelled "2 years ago" with mouse-over no longer showing the actual date/time. It's not shown in the unrendered HTML in any obvious way either.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Not commnenting on the efficacy of the following for everyone, but they help me:

    Disable Autoplay for YouTube https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/disable-autoplay-for-yout/dinkeiniijmpjehejhedbciaedblhnnk?pli=1

    Return YouTube Dislike https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/return-youtube-dislike/gebbhagfogifgggkldgodflihgfeippi

    U-Block Origin, obviously (still works fully on Brave Browser) https://ublockorigin.com/

    Untrap for YouTube (Block YouTube Shorts & Remove Recommendations) https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/untrap-for-youtube-%E2%80%94-bloc/enboaomnljigfhfjfoalacienlhjlfil

    YouTube Channel Blocker https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/youtube-channel-blocker/ghpibapiigafgbaolopljimengkfjofk

    YouTube Upload Time https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/youtube-upload-time/nenoecmaibjcahoahnmeinahlapheblg

    YTBlock - Block any content from YouTube https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ytblock-block-any-content/nedcanggplmbbgmlpcjiafgjcpdimpea

    Some of these probably cross over in what they do, but I can't be arsed delving into the nooks and crannies of them, so long as they do the job for me.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Thanks, I don't see any of those fixing the functionality that youtube broke, but the effort is appreciated. The one that shows the upload time only says you can use it while watching the video, but that time is shown in the text blurb if you click "more...". And it makes a network request, of course. I'm using firefox so ublock origin still works for blocking ads.

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