Youtube shorts recommendations and ads are unbelievable. My Shorts tab is often recommending me semi-naked females doing random things (with millions of views). I <i>never ever</i> click those things, since I don't want Youtube to think I wanna see more of it, since a lot of times I use Youtube is to show something to my kids.<p>Also, since I turned off targeted advertising in Google settings, Youtube ads shifted from "random insurance company and macho soap brand" to "cheating dating apps, Mr. Beast click-to-win-$1000 scams, fake GTA6 for mobile and fake Kids gaming stuff". I'm even considering turning those privacy features off again due to this...
There are filters for Ublock Origin to remove this junk.<p><a href="https://letsblock.it/filters/youtube-shorts" rel="nofollow">https://letsblock.it/filters/youtube-shorts</a><p>Edit: I also recommend Unhook for Firefox. It lets you toggle off or on distracting features like recommendations and pointless features like comments.
I remember it was about 10 years ago when “recommended” tab became really better than subscriptions feed for me. Now it looks like it is moving in the opposite direction, I find myself cleaning up subscriptions and using it more and more. And almost none of the channels I’m subscribed to spam shorts. Anyone else does this?
Gross. At the risk of sounding like an old man yelling at a cloud, almost nothing of value can be communicated in so short a span. It’s like all the big players suddenly think that Vine was right all along, and blink-and-you-miss-it short form videos are the apex of the internet.
I don't think I've ever seen a recommended short that's even close to what I usually watch on YouTube, it's minimal effort garbage content that's excessively loud or with obnoxious music for no reason, actual sewage. I can't believe this is the world we live in, where less than mediocrity is championed.
Are they actually achieving anything for YouTube?<p>I'm not too bothered by Shorts, but I feel as though I'm much less likely to engage deeply with Shorts. Also, if they become a major part of the platform I'm much less likely to ever be able to justify upgrading to YouTube Premium.
I strongly recommend unhook.app to get rid of anything but the bits you need. It works far better than uBlock rules.<p>My YouTube is now just my subscriptions and the video I'm currently watching. Everything else is gone, and it's great.