2026-01-04 13:03 UTC
Shorts are deliberately and effectively addictive. Once Google found out they could copy the TikTok paradigm without being sued, they forced it down everyone's throat. Ever wonder why you can't disable shorts? Because they KNOW it's addictive. We are being farmed.
YouTube is a vital tool for news and information. It should be NATIONALIZED, and purposefully exploitative technology like shorts should be BANNED.
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@ReverendIrreverence@lemmy.world 2026-01-04 18:06
> YouTube is a vital tool for news and information YouTube is a "vital" tool for uneducated opinions and mis-information FTFY
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@victorz@lemmy.world 2026-01-04 15:34
I agree with everything you said, to some degree. I'm just saying that shorts on _my account_ are great, because I've honed my algorithm over many years so that it only gives me relevant stuff. I never see anything I don't want to see, basically. My Watch Later list overfloweth. 😅