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minus-squareCrowAirbrush@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·6 months agoAnything better than listening 3 songs and getting 5 ads. Stop being trash youtube. Be normal like you once were and i would actually consider a paid subscription IF i get to fully exclude shorts on my side of the platform.
minus-squareWhipperSnapper@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 months agoNot at all a solution, but worth mentioning that in a YouTube URL you can replace /shorts/ with /v/ and get the normal player for the same video.
minus-squareCrowAirbrush@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoI just want the short form content out of my life, but your tip might help others who dislike the player and not the video’s.
Anything better than listening 3 songs and getting 5 ads.
Stop being trash youtube. Be normal like you once were and i would actually consider a paid subscription IF i get to fully exclude shorts on my side of the platform.
Not at all a solution, but worth mentioning that in a YouTube URL you can replace /shorts/ with /v/ and get the normal player for the same video.
I just want the short form content out of my life, but your tip might help others who dislike the player and not the video’s.