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Posted by i5heu 15 hours ago

uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts(github.com)
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bkjlblh 11 hours ago|
is there a supply chain attack possible? What if some time later this list gets updated?
i5heu 11 hours ago||
I will update it later down the line as YT changes its layout and for bug fixes... but i think this was not what your question.

I don't think that something super bad can happen with these uBlock filter, they will sanitize the filter heavily.

Maybe a potential attack vector for these lists in general is to hide the body of a few sites but this is more annoying then dangerous AFAIK.

charcircuit 11 hours ago||
That's the benefit of Brave Browser. The YouTube Shorts blocking feature is built into the browser itself and is not from a third party.
larsmaxfield 12 hours ago||
I read this as "The default uBlock filter list will change to hide all YouTube Shorts".
Brian_K_White 12 hours ago|
Don't know why you're downvoted. It's exactly a 50/50 likely way to parse it.
_cs2017_ 12 hours ago||
is there anything that might work for the YT app on the Android?
pooploop64 7 hours ago||
unlock is great. So many standalone extensions turn out to be a lot better simply as ublock filters.

I would like one of these to block the community posts as well. I'm getting really tired of seeing screencaps of Twitter engagement bait from 8 years ago. There's one account that just won't go away, even now that I'm reporting it for spam when it comes up.

everyone 10 hours ago||
I have so many freakin' rules in ublock just to make youtube's UI acceptable
platevoltage 11 hours ago||
I really don't mind shorts, but I want to be the one that chooses to watch them.
modzu 13 hours ago||
i can't even get youtube to load with ublock.. theres a years old thread with hundreds of comments on the github -- what are people actually using today to preserve their sanity on youtube?

edit: the issue with ublock is the black screen - sometimes the video loads after 10 or so seconds, sometimes it doesnt. i dont consider hiding the ad while still having to wait around for it to finsish playing behind an overlay the same as "blocking" :|

fc417fc802 12 hours ago||
Using ublock and umatrix both on firefox with full tracking protection enabled. Don't recall ever having any issues with youtube. Sometimes an alert will pop up "see why you're experiencing playback interruptions" and it clicks through to a page about how this is due to my adblocking extension but the joke is on them because I don't recall it ever actually being interrupted. It's just this erroneous alert that occasionally pops up.
chickensong 12 hours ago|||
Still using ublock. Recently there's a delay starting vid sometimes, about 3 sec. I can deal with it.
asdff 10 hours ago|||
Ublock origin for whatever reason never blocks ads before video for me. IDK what is up with my parameters because I know it works for other people.
vermarish 9 hours ago|||
I have the same issue. Perma-black loading screen that resolves as soon as I disable ublock origin. Using Firefox on Debian.
flakes 12 hours ago|||
Thats interesting. If you’re on Chrome I’d try out Firefox just to see. I haven’t had any issues for a long time.
hahn-kev 12 hours ago|||
Works fine for me, FF Win11
carlosjobim 13 hours ago||
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blondin 5 hours ago||
yep, can confirm. we pay for the service, we use an ad-blocker and we are the ones affected. oh the irony... i now have ublock disabled for youtube.
paulpauper 10 hours ago||
Unpopular opinion, but I like youtube shorts. No ads, no rambling, no product placement. it forces brevity and getting to point. it is how youtube should be.
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