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minus-squareAltima NEOlinkfedilinkEnglish19•8 months agoWish I could say the same. I’m also using firefox + ublock, but Ive noticed when I’m watching shorts, I’ll occasionally get an ad that’s disguised as a short. There’s no like/dislike buttons or anything.
minus-square@CrowAirbrush@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish64•8 months agoJust block shorts alltogether, it’s a win win.
minus-square@CrowAirbrush@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoI found some website that had a line of code that could be added to my adblocker to completely remove them. Haven’t seen them since. I think it was this: https://letsblock.it/filters/youtube-shorts
minus-squareBalthazarlinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-28 months agoThat’s intended. Even to premium subs youtube pushes adds which try and promote engagement. Its fucking awful. Does get me out of the loop sometimes though, so I guess Im thankful for that.
Wish I could say the same.
I’m also using firefox + ublock, but Ive noticed when I’m watching shorts, I’ll occasionally get an ad that’s disguised as a short. There’s no like/dislike buttons or anything.
Just block shorts alltogether, it’s a win win.
But… my doomscroll :<
Just read climate news.
BitchPeas.
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I found some website that had a line of code that could be added to my adblocker to completely remove them.
Haven’t seen them since.
I think it was this: https://letsblock.it/filters/youtube-shorts
That’s intended. Even to premium subs youtube pushes adds which try and promote engagement. Its fucking awful.
Does get me out of the loop sometimes though, so I guess Im thankful for that.