oren's profile @oren

I get distracted on YouTube shorts all the time so I want to block it but I don’t want to block all of YouTube because I don’t get distracted by normal videos. Anyone know a way to block just the /shorts/* path? On Mac of course

Apr 19, 2024, 12:53 AM
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olav's profile @olav Apr 23, 2024, 1:43 AM

YouTube blocks shorts if you turn off history.

supercash's profile @supercash Apr 19, 2024, 9:24 PM

Not exactly the same, but I use Unhook. You can use it to get rid of a lot, primarily recommended videos

oren's profile @oren Apr 20, 2024, 12:27 AM

Yeah I got an extension and blocked some stuff but it still doesn’t solve the problem, I’m still getting distracted. I may need to block YouTube entirely (at least whenever I don’t need it) if I keep getting distracted

esben's profile @esben Apr 19, 2024, 1:09 PM

Uhh, there are hundreds of shorts blockers for edge/chrome. I would assume there are a decent bit for safari as well.

henry's profile @henry Apr 19, 2024, 12:34 PM

I believe you can block specific url paths using the screen time app?

oren's profile @oren Apr 19, 2024, 1:36 PM

Yeah I asked my dad if he could do that and he said it only does full domains