Andy Black
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If YouTube gave us the option to completely, as users, opt out of YouTube shorts - many many people would take advantage of that option, me included. But they won't because they see how successful TikTok and Instagram are with their reels and want a piece of the pie.
But I am one of those people that despises shorts so much that I truly almost never click on them. The whole point of Youtube is to create useful, meaningful content. There are very few scenarios where you can convey useful and meaningful information in 60 seconds with a 5 second super catchy hook.
I sometimes use a tool called Unhook which removes recommended videos and the feed: Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended Videos and More
If you turn off the YouTube history, as @GPM said, it also turns off Shorts. Done that and also just have an empty page when I open YouTube, so I have to actively search for what I want to watch. Been a gamechanger!
I allow myself to be a consumer sometimes and watch shorts and use the ad enabled experience - so I can see how content or ads I create would be seen.
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