return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoYouTube now lets you hide Shortswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1268arrow-down16
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minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45arrow-down1·1 day 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-squarelumpyluggage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·1 day agoThe article says that’s the previous limit. So they probably do a staggered rollout
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoWhat’s the maximum time you can set it off for?
minus-squaresubterfuge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-21 day 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
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.