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freehorseyesterday at 8:51 PM1 replyview on HN

In addition to the unhook addon that others also recommended and is great, I would also suggest, as an alternative, setting a redirection rule from "www.youtube.com/shorts/XYWZ" to "www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYWZ". This will play the short but in the classical youtube video (landscape) format, with no infinite scrolling, or replay or autoplay (assuming these are in general disabled), which takes away a big part of the addictive aspect of shorts.


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djsavvyyesterday at 9:22 PM

That's an awesome idea — sometimes I really do want to watch a short but not in that interface. Do you know how to set this up in general?

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