I have an extension that can individually disable all the most useless/addicting components of the Youtube site, such as shorts and whatnot. On the search page, I have turned on:

hide Shorts

hide For You

hide Trending

hide ‘People Also Searched For’

hide Search Categories

hide Promoted Videos

hide Promoted Websites

hide Suggested Products

Do you know what Youtube has started doing? They are now inserting engagement slop DIRECTLY into the search results, as seen in the image above. It’s literally a short, yet it’s inserted like a video so you’re forced to see it. The only possible way to remove it is by using a privacy frontend, as even on incognito mode, Youtube will look at the three videos you’ve watched and start inserting shit based off that.

Louis Rossman is right, they all have rapist mentalities… “just let me stick it in”

  • robber
    3·
    7 months ago

    That sounds familiar. Remember when we used to watch TV?

    • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz
      4·
      7 months ago

      Oh that thing where in between the ads you can watch low quality reality shows for a few minutes? Yeah, those were the days…

      • BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee
        3·
        7 months ago

        tried watching a stone cold steve austin show once and had to stop because literally every 4 minutes there were ads. unwatchable

        • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz
          2·
          7 months ago

          And then there are the recaps you get every now and then. People making these shows know that most viewers aren’t even really actively watching. It’s just background noise you put on while cooking or doing household chores. When you go to a movie, there are no recap, because the director expects to have your undivided attention at all times.