return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoYouTube now lets you hide Shortswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square70linkfedilinkarrow-up1313arrow-down19
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minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48arrow-down1·6 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-squarelumpyluggage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·5 days agoThe article says that’s the previous limit. So they probably do a staggered rollout
minus-squareSorteKanin@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days 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-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoWhat’s the maximum time you can set it off for?
minus-squaresubterfuge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·6 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
The article says that’s the previous limit. So they probably do a staggered rollout
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.
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.