I'm in the same boat. I would pay just for the option of disabling shorts. I go to YouTube to enjoy long form content and try to engage my brain a little bit. After watching a pile of Shorts, it feels like the equivalent of eating an entire bag of chips in one sitting. Sure, it was enjoyable while I was doing it but I gained no actual value and now feel kind of sick. But just like a bag of chips, it's so tempting to "eat just one."
I had the same Issue. I can very much recommend the Browser Extension "Distraction free youtube".
It has the option to remove shorts, the recommended page and sidebar etc. from the Page completely.
Enables you to watch the stuff you are subscribed to without getting sucked into some random shit on the side.
I have successfully stopped this habit using YoutubeVanced. There is an option to hide shorts from the main screen, which was enough for me to stop watching them.
I have two questions - 1) is it still possible to get vanced these days, or do I need to back up whatever apks I may or may not have. and 2) where is this main screen option? I can't find it from a cursory look in the youtube vanced or vanced manager apps
Me too, after Vanced's official discontinuation, more and more ads have slipped into the app. I am now seeing a giant ad thumbnail that shows up as the first "search result". It's portrait-sized too, so it takes up almost the whole screen.
How can I reach this youtube shorts? I think I've seen 2 shorts in my life when someone linked them somewhere but I don't have a button for youtube shorts?
