YouTube considers a daily timer for users looking to cut back on Shorts | TechCrunch
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YouTube is looking into potentially offering a feature that would allow users to set a daily timer to limit how long they spend on Shorts. Recent findings YouTube is looking into potentially offering a feature that would allow users to set a daily timer to limit how long they spend on Shorts.
  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    8·
    29 days ago

    Oh, ffs, make up your damn mind.

    Nobody really wanted them, but now that people are using it, you want to limit it? The entire executive roster for alphabet needs to take a submarine ride

    • LadyMeowEnglish
      2·
      29 days ago

      Right? I love that I, a signed in user, can hide them…. For 30 days…. Go away!!!

  • vxx@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    29 days ago

    They probably figured that shorts don’t generate as much as a video with an ad break every 2 minutes.

  • boringbisexualEnglish
    3·
    29 days ago

    I just used an extension to block them. They kept trying to feed me right-wing bullshit. Easy fix