oren — 4/19/2024, 12:53:33 AM

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

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olav:

YouTube blocks shorts if you turn off history.

4/23/2024, 1:43:02 AM
supercash:

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

4/19/2024, 9:24:02 PM
oren:

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

4/20/2024, 12:27:39 AM
esben:

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

4/19/2024, 1:09:05 PM
henry:

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

4/19/2024, 12:34:53 PM
oren:

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

4/19/2024, 1:36:21 PM