Show HN: YouTube Shorts Redirector

Note that YouTube Shorts are just normal YouTube videos on a different URL. This means you can take a link to a Shorts like <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;shorts&#x2F;&lt;id&gt;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;shorts&#x2F;&lt;id&gt;</a> and change it to <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=&lt;id&gt;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=&lt;id&gt;</a>.<p>This way, you won&#x27;t get the dreaded doomscroll interface, and you can also scrub through the video!

If you use uBlock Origin, you can also just hide them: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;gijsdev&#x2F;ublock-hide-yt-shorts">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;gijsdev&#x2F;ublock-hide-yt-shorts</a>

I just use a macro that changes the URL from &quot;shorts&quot; to &quot;watch&quot;, thereby yielding a regular video player

I have an even more radical solution. Whenever I have to watch something on yt (because I was sent a link to it), I download the video using yt-dlp and watch the downloaded video. I never ever go on the website :-)

Neat!<p>There&#x27;s also Redirector, which allows to do all kinds of redirects like this. For example, I use it to redirect from YouTube to Invidious or from Booking.com confirmation page to the variant without upsells (which are otherwise tricky to block with uBlock Origin).<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;einaregilsson.com&#x2F;redirector&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;einaregilsson.com&#x2F;redirector&#x2F;</a><p>My rules: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gist.github.com&#x2F;notpushkin&#x2F;ee1ed3aa55a0926708d0de854c7e5482" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gist.github.com&#x2F;notpushkin&#x2F;ee1ed3aa55a0926708d0de854...</a>

There&#x27;s a user script version of that here as well for mobile browsers. You need to install Tapermonkey first or Userscript app for Macintosh. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;greasyfork.org&#x2F;en&#x2F;scripts&#x2F;439993-youtube-shorts-redirect" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;greasyfork.org&#x2F;en&#x2F;scripts&#x2F;439993-youtube-shorts-redi...</a>

Shorts make me really mad. I use this Chrome extension to remove everything related to Shorts: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;chrome.google.com&#x2F;webstore&#x2F;detail&#x2F;hide-youtube-shorts&#x2F;aljlkinhomaaahfdojalfmimeidofpih" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;chrome.google.com&#x2F;webstore&#x2F;detail&#x2F;hide-youtube-short...</a>

I use a very manual mode on Safari (my default browser) - once very month, I click the &quot;X&quot; besides the Shorts Carousal and it works until the next time, then I repeat.<p>Disclaimer: I&#x27;m not that into YouTube and kinda &#x27;lucky-priced&#x27; to be in a region-discounted part of the world.

Youtube lite is also a time saving alternative worth to check. The only down side is you have to have your own api keys though.<p>- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtube-lite.js.org" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtube-lite.js.org</a>

Is there a way to get an RSS feed for a Youtube channel which excludes shorts?

Nice, already installed on my chrome, thanks