• @unreasonabro
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    1110 months ago

    Glad this isn’t just my experience. I hardly ever use youtube except for mma clips and the why files; the absolute bullshit they think i want to watch, I have no idea why. Their algos are flat out wrong.

    Pro tip though, you can use uBlock to zap the Shorts element right off your screen.

    • @[email protected]
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      710 months ago

      Revanced on Android will remove the ad, the community posts, the shorts and all the rest of the stupid fucking bullshit

      • Yuri addict
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        310 months ago

        Revanced is a requirement to use youtube if you have an android

        • @BluesF
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          210 months ago

          Can you use it to control a TV like with the official app? I mainly watch YouTube that way, but I’d love to not have to see all the junk.

          • Echo Dot
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            310 months ago

            You can actually install revanced on a TV, it’s just not really designed for that kind of interface so you’ll also have to plug in a USB mouse.

            But apparently if you plug a mouse into modern TV it’s just like, yep, guess I have a mouse now, and then just works flawlessly.

            • @BluesF
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              110 months ago

              Oh interesting! I have used kb&m with my TV before so I know it’s friendly to it.

            • @BluesF
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              210 months ago

              Yeah, I’m used to suffering through the ads on the TV lol. Still, cool!

    • @[email protected]
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      110 months ago

      I use uBlock Origin, disable watch history, and pretty much only watch my subscribed channels, so I don’t see any of that nonsense.