return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoYouTube now lets you hide Shortswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square70linkfedilinkarrow-up1308arrow-down18
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minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down1·2 days agoI’m already filtering out sharts with various plugins, but I wanted to enable this setting anyway to signal yt to fuck off. Turns out, 15min is the lowest timer. Can’t turn it off completely
minus-squareSorteKanin@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·24 hours agoI had 15 mins at the lowest setting a few days ago too. Now it’s 0. I think it’s rolling out gradually, just check it again in a week or so.
minus-squarelumpyluggage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·2 days agoThe article says that’s the previous limit. So they probably do a staggered rollout
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoWhat’s the maximum time you can set it off for?
minus-squaresubterfuge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 days agoIt’s a dark-pattern control just to say they are doing something about it. It only limits the number of minutes you can death-scroll Shorts. You’re still drinking from the Shorts firehose for up to 15 min, minimum. You can’t turn shorts off. Edit: this may be only in the U.S.
I’m already filtering out sharts with various plugins, but I wanted to enable this setting anyway to signal yt to fuck off.
Turns out, 15min is the lowest timer. Can’t turn it off completely
I had 15 mins at the lowest setting a few days ago too. Now it’s 0. I think it’s rolling out gradually, just check it again in a week or so.
The article says that’s the previous limit. So they probably do a staggered rollout
Lowest or longest timer?
lowest
What’s the maximum time you can set it off for?
2 hours
It’s a dark-pattern control just to say they are doing something about it.
It only limits the number of minutes you can death-scroll Shorts. You’re still drinking from the Shorts firehose for up to 15 min, minimum.
You can’t turn shorts off. Edit: this may be only in the U.S.