Tech news is almost exclusively enshittification news these days.
this post was submitted on 12 Apr 2024
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Just don't break my uBlock shorts filters ...
If video suggestions get more space to show their title, that’s good. If they could also show their date of publication, that would be perfect.
The most annoying thing of the new design is the bs merch blocking a significant part of the comments section. But I hope there's gonna be a ublock filter for this too
I'm gonna go against the grain and say this is the only change I've seen them make in a long time that I'm glad to see. I often read comments while watching the video, especially now that dislikes are gone to quickly tell if a video is real or not, or if there's anything else to be wary of. I never scroll video suggestions until after I'm done watching the video, to decide what to watch next. This layout just makes more sense for that.
When I scroll down to the comments, a smaller version of the video already remains visible on top. Is this not a default youtube feature?
The design is so cluttered that it had me thinking something was broken. I don't what the design is meant to do besides maybe make you click on a video while still watching a video? Less comment engagement since they're no longer centered in a comfortable way which is great for scammy videos.
I wouldnt be upset if it went back to what it looked like in 2006
That does look like crap. I bet someone will make a browser addon that changes it back.
Doesn't sound particularly bothersome. It does leave a little less room for comments which can be pretty dense text especially compared to video thumbnails that.don't need as much room really but at least you can read and scroll at the same time as watch.
It now feels like one of those crappy porn tube websites... 😐
Actually I had it for about a month but they switched me back to the normal version. I did write them a strongly worded feedback, but I dont think it was because of that.
All I want is for shorts to find its own home, and for search results to be relevant again.
Just don't take away the option to fully use the width for the video and I don't care. I'm either viewing in full screen or with a browser window only showing the video.
On a side note: Why make comments more prominent? They have always been pretty bad, but last time I checked half of them were bots with softcore porn images. Don't think they have fixed that yet.