I have an extension that can individually disable all the most useless/addicting components of the Youtube site, such as shorts and whatnot. On the search page, I have turned on:

hide Shorts

hide For You

hide Trending

hide ‘People Also Searched For’

hide Search Categories

hide Promoted Videos

hide Promoted Websites

hide Suggested Products

Do you know what Youtube has started doing? They are now inserting engagement slop DIRECTLY into the search results, as seen in the image above. It’s literally a short, yet it’s inserted like a video so you’re forced to see it. The only possible way to remove it is by using a privacy frontend, as even on incognito mode, Youtube will look at the three videos you’ve watched and start inserting shit based off that.

Louis Rossman is right, they all have rapist mentalities… “just let me stick it in”

  • Hamartiogonic
    2554·
    7 months ago

    I’ve noticed that the search results are getting less and less relevant to what I’m actually looking for. I guess one day the search bar will disappear like the headphone jack of the iPhone.

      • Million@lemmy.zipEnglish
        46·
        7 months ago

        It’s the future, year 2025…

        Just unplugged from work when I feel a buzz in my forehead and my neuralink pushes new order details straigt into my retinas.

        It’s another deep dive job. Without hesitation I accept the job since I’m low on prime points. Head back to my office and plug myself back in. Get more details from the job file, seems to be some obscure shit again…

        Turn on my cooled chair that prevents my body from overheating during a deep dive. I sit in the chair and start the process.

        Thousands and thousands of mind numbing click bait videos speed past me as I weave through them in the metaverse. I’m multiple hours into the dive with no results, and I can feel my body start failing. I should pull out, but the prime points are too tempting, and I’m already so deep, it has to be around here somewhere.

        My vision flashes red as my neuralinked dive chair is giving me warnings about my body failing, and just as im about to pass out… There it is, I gotcha… Grab the link and pull out as fast as I can.

        Wake up a few hours later after my chair managed to get my heart going again. Scramble through my memories for the link, and there it was. I inform the customer that the matching video has been found and I am awaiting payment… The money is wired to me instantly and I sent them the LINK through neuramail.

        Searching YouTube isn’t easy these days… But it pays good…

      • Hamartiogonic
        4·
        7 months ago

        Oh that thing where in between the ads you can watch low quality reality shows for a few minutes? Yeah, those were the days…

        • BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee
          3·
          7 months ago

          tried watching a stone cold steve austin show once and had to stop because literally every 4 minutes there were ads. unwatchable

          • Hamartiogonic
            2·
            7 months ago

            And then there are the recaps you get every now and then. People making these shows know that most viewers aren’t even really actively watching. It’s just background noise you put on while cooking or doing household chores. When you go to a movie, there are no recap, because the director expects to have your undivided attention at all times.