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Re:Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps... by andriamanitra on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @06:02PM (#44740026)
It's not too much effort to find µBlock Origin filter lists that hide them. The only time I see YouTube shorts is when I deliberately navigate to the shorts tab on a channel page.
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Re:Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps... by insane_dreamer on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @08:32PM (#44741142)
Right but the point is to be able to block the shorts on my teens phone while still allowing him to benefit from all the useful stuff on YT
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Re:Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps... by johnisgood on Thursday July 31, 2025 @12:05PM (#44747035)
He literally just told you the solution. Install uBlock Origin on your teens' phone and use the right filter list. Unless of course, they are smart enough.
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Re:Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps... by mritterhoff on Thursday July 31, 2025 @12:28PM (#44747252)
Is it possible to install uBlock Origin on a mobile phone? I don't think it is. https://ublockorigin.com/
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Re:Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps... by johnisgood on Thursday July 31, 2025 @12:32PM (#44747289)
uBlock Origin can be used on Android phones through the Firefox browser, for example.
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Re:Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps... by mritterhoff on Thursday July 31, 2025 @12:58PM (#44747590)
Very cool, didn't know firefox mobile supported extensions. Thanks!
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Re:Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps... by insane_dreamer on Thursday July 31, 2025 @02:15PM (#44748440)
... to change the browser extension settings, disable the extension, or use another browser, not to mention that uBlock isn't available on iOS
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Re:Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps... by johnisgood on Thursday July 31, 2025 @03:08PM (#44749008)
Yup. But apparently it seems like it might work for him. I do not know. They are probably smart enough to disable the extension. There are many other, fool-proof ways though.
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Re:Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps... by johnisgood on Friday August 01, 2025 @03:25AM (#44753931)
If anyone has the patience and knowledge, you may chime in. :)

I remember I read a lot of these methods before here on HN. Some were pretty cool, and somewhat old-school yet effective.

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