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Re:YouTube, the Jewel of the Internet by fancy_pantser on Sunday April 23, 2023 @08:54PM (#35682429)
I've been trying out an extension to hide the thumbnails to see how it changes what I wind up clicking. The problem with my little experiment is I don't go back to see what they would have been afterward to record an observation, so I'm not meeting the Adam Savage criteria for doing science.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hide-youtube-thumb...

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Re:YouTube, the Jewel of the Internet by Aromasin on Monday April 24, 2023 @08:20AM (#35686718)
May I suggest "Unhook"? It's great for switching different parts of the UI on and off. I quite often disable everything except subscriptions now; no recommendation, no comments, no explore/trending, among other things. It's change my YouTube usage tremendously:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/unhook-remove-yout...

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