How to watch YouTube without Shorts (on iOS) (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 year ago by hellweaver666@discuss.tchncs.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I really enjoy watching videos on YouTube, there are so many great creators that I love, however I find myself getting drawn into Shorts and I just get stuck doom scrolling for eternity. Can anyone please recommend an iOS YouTube client that doesn't give me access to Shorts?

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[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

I’ll show you how to watch it without pants.

[-] j891319@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Best option, although still not a very good one, is a browser with an invidious instance website ( e.g inv.tux.pizza ) as they have no shorts. Probably one of the few solutions on IOS.

[-] hellweaver666@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

This might be the one for me for now. Just trying to import my subs (google takeout takes forever)!

[-] meiko60@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

https://github.com/arichorn/uYouPlusExtra

[-] cooopsspace@infosec.pub 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My advice would be to enable iOS screen time settings and set YouTube to a small limit.

Once the limit is reached it'll nag you every 15 minutes.

If you're absolutely incapable of controlling yourself you could set up a second account to act as a parent which you'll need to seek approval from to extend or rather lock you out completely.

[-] hellweaver666@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

I actually did this a couple of years back with my wife :D

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