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Re:FocusTube: A Chrome extension that hides YouTube Shorts by FridgeSeal on Thursday October 23, 2025 @07:01PM (#45688539)
“We have invested in the ai, so the peons will _use_ the ai and we will get that ROI” - the PM’s, I imagine.
Re:FocusTube: A Chrome extension that hides YouTube Shorts by verdverm on Thursday October 23, 2025 @07:05PM (#45688586)
Their hard pushing makes me use it less. I've ended several subscriptions citing this

(and I like ai and find it generally useful, but not in ever f'n little space they can find to make back their overspending during a hype cycle)

Re:FocusTube: A Chrome extension that hides YouTube Shorts by al_borland on Thursday October 23, 2025 @07:09PM (#45688634)
I have liked Kagi’s approach. If I add a question mark to the end of my search string it will show the AI results… or there is a button to display them. I almost always do this, because I find it helpful, but I like that I am opting into it as needed, rather than it feeling forced on me.