The search is terrible even without shorts. The first 3 or for search results are related to your query, most everything after that is just unrelated stuff that YouTube thinks you'll like.

No Shorts for me, thanks. ReVanced.

I use revanced so I can block them entirely.

If your computer is doing something you don't like, change it so that it doesn't do that. It's YOUR computer.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hide-youtube-shorts/

I blocked them with an extension in Firefox and it has improved my YouTube viewing experience, well, back to how it was before shorts, but still not quite as good as it was when we could still see downvotes.

I have strong ADHD and no self control. will spend all day on short form content if I can. and I hate it.

Revanced saved me. thank Revanced

Ha ha, look at that guy who thinks that the users ' interests are of any concern to social media companies.

YouTube is so ass these days. It's the UI for me that turns me off. It's simplified yet it somehow also fails to communicate essential information.

Wouldn't know. I use YouTube in firefox and block ads and shorts with extensions.

I hate shorts!

Most of the content providers are just re-cutting their existing stuff into shorts. They're low quality. Only the strongest creators can even manage to make one interesting enough to get someone to watch their channel

Install Revanced or Morphe. Delete ahorts from app. Profit

Shorts was a large reason why i stopped watching YouTube, not the only one, but a big part.

There are ways to block shorts.

https://www.ghacks.net/2023/05/18/how-to-hide-the-shorts-section-on-youtube/

Yeah this was written a few years back but it was last updated in Feb of this year.

I just ignore them, even though they are in my face. I've watched enough shorts to learn most are incomplete, most titles are deceiving, and no dates means I might be clicking on a news related item that is old hat. I can only find out the approximate date from the comments. I still love youtube for a lot of their other stuff though.

YouTube Shorts make zero difference if one's pattern of usage of YouTube is to only watch YouTube videos linked from other sources rather than actually staying within YouTube and consuming one after the other the videos their algorithm puts in front of you.

Personally I've never really got into the whole thing of just staying in YouTube and watching those videos that YouTube suggests, maybe because YouTube tends to suggest stuff with alarmist titles ("You won't believe what we've just found out") and other such loudmouth bullshitter crap, and for me that stuff just screams "untrustworthy and superficial bullshit which won't teach me anything new with any depth" so for years it's been the case that when I end up in YouTube their algorithm quickly put me off from consuming what it suggests. At most when I do stay within the YouTube environment to watch multiple videos, I'm explicitly searching for specific stuff, generally more stuff from the same person of the last good video I watched.

Usually I get a lot better YouTube video "suggestions" from links in posts and comments here or even in Reddit (back when I frequented it) than from the YouTube algorithm.

Extensions -> hide shorts

Or use revanced/morphe and hide shorts patch

There's still some good content in shorts (namely original skits) but most of it is low tier content

i have about 80 lines of filters devoted to hiding them in ublock origin. Works like a charm

what would you choose as a big ass copoeate multi-billion conglomerate

•Consumer Satisfaction

• More Money 🤑

I've taken various steps to ensure shorts don't show up in my Youtube web experience.

I don't know what you are talking about because I've had an addon that removes shorts for years now.

Yes

Yes, they are annoying.

Unhook is a good extension for YouTube. It can hide various distractions, such as shorts, and it's also configurable.

https://unhook.app/

I wouldn't know, I haven't used the official youtube app in a while

There should be at least a dropdown box to let you choose what types of content you want to find. Videos, shorts, posts, surveys, etc.

Many things have ruined it, but shorts is absolutely a huge part of that

The only shorts I like are the ones I'm wearing.

I use a grease monkey script to redirect shorts links to regular videos.

But I also only watch videos from preexisting subs and never leave the subscription tab now

Yes. 100%

Thankfully I use Grayjay on mobile so this shit is gutted out there

The search is generally complete trash. Not only because of the shorts. It is also filled with unrelated bullshit. Often times videos i watched before, that have absolutely nothing to do with the thing i'm searching right now.

tictoc brain infection

I use brave browser on my phone and the brave app has a setting that disables shorts. I like it because I don't get sucked into shorts

I don't use the YouTube app unless I want to Cast a video to my TV (rare). Otherwise I just use my Firefox browser to watch YouTube videos. Shorts are a non-issue. Especially since I've disabled history.

Not necessarily a different app, but it should definitely be a separate section.

A game I like to dip my toes in has a game mode called 'shorts'.

So searching for 'Trackmania Shorts' is a Wilde card if you get relavsnt info, or 5 year old videos rimmed into shorts.

Looks like more people actively consume Youtube than i thought. And then even on their slow vibe page, probably logged in. Most here are rather tech-literate, no? Why not take a minute, to look up a native privacy-conscious client?

Shorts dont have the inserted scripted ads peppered through the video. Perfect for when I just want a short concise explanation for how to do some task, like change a faucet aerator or swap the air filter in my car. So I disagree, shorts have a place in search results at the moment.

Once those get ads, yeah, they should be separate.

Just want a browser add-on to automatically hide shorts, switch my searches to videos, and autohit "don't recommend channel" if it finds a video with over 100k views.

youtube has to cater to the new gen of brainrotted kids with the attention span of a goldfish with adhd

I disagree, there is a lot of quality content in Shorts format. I stumbled on multiple creators via Shorts, such as GenericArtDad. I have basically no slop in my Shorts anymore, if I ever had.

I also don't find them to be such an annoyance when navigating, they are very fast to skip.

What's annoying is when YouTube starts one when you launch the app, that's really bothering and uncalled for.

How is everyone in here suddenly a YouTube connoisseur? "I only watch super important videos, shorts are not information". Fuck off. YouTube has always been a website to waste time on with stupid memes. I've seen lots of entertaining, funny, interesting shorts. I'm over 40, so not a zoomer. But yeah you go ahead and watch a cartoon and pretend it's high art just so you can do some generational culture war "these kids today with their short shorts"

This always makes me feel like an alien. Just don't use YouTube. Go get a book from the library. Now if you'll excuse me I have to go yell at clouds.