Turning Autoplay off, and getting rid of ads (Youtube Premium is well worth it across all devices) is a big level up. Blocking shorts is the other thing.

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darepublic 2 hours ago | parent [-]

There are solutions for blocking shorts. Ie unblock origin filters, as seen previously on front page of HN

	▲	dexterdog 17 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		There are also solutions for blocking ads without subscribing to premium.