- cross-posted to:
- hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
- cross-posted to:
- hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
Limit your Shorts scrolling to zero minutes per day.
Archived version: https://archive.is/20260415222700/https://www.theverge.com/streaming/912898/youtube-shorts-feed-limit-zero-minutes
Why don’t they just make them behave like normal videos? The problem with shorts is the repeating and the endless scrolling (and the ever-present prompt to scroll). A lot of perfectly useful/entertaining content has been recommended to me by the static presentation on the home screen.
That’s the whole idea of shorts and tiktok style though; rapidly consuming quick content.
I think its interesting that for some people, that experience is deeply uncomfortable, and for others its necessary. It may sound over the top but I see a lot of parallels to hard drug addiction.
I just use this extension that plays them like normal videos. The UX for shorts is dumb as fuck
I use this simple userscript, no need for a random extension that only works in chrome https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/439993-youtube-shorts-redirect/code
Same it’s the best of both. Sometimes I actually want to watch a short because it’s relevant. The problem is that the UI autoplays the next video and you can’t time scrub back to the bit you probably wanted to see a second time and before you know it you’re watching cat videos and 1 hour has passed.