Why is there no seekbar and why can you only pause?

Why does scrolling up or down on the mouse wheel bring up another video?

Why is it siloed off into its own thing anyway? They're just short videos.

  • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    ...The secret, by the way, is to replace shorts/ in the URL with watch?v=. This lets you watch YouTube shorts as just normal YouTube videos with the same interface and layout you're already used to.

    thanks. this is very helpful.

    i can't stand the shorts format. it's like they took all the things about tiktok that make sigh when my sister sends me a tiktok link, and inserted all those bad UX concepts* into youtube.

    i prefer to watch stuff on a desktop instead of the phone, especially when watching junk on the phone tries to completely hijack the phone interface. like every once in a while i have to open the YT app to get the link so i can paste it into newpipe and it reminds me why i hate the YT app even when it doesn't play ads.

    *bad UX concepts

    • autoplay
    • autoplay content behind popup
    • thumb scrolling instantly starts new content
    • force closing the app sometimes leaves the sound running
    • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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      1 year ago

      I love starting a video and setting my phone down to start making dinner but my palm accidentally brushes against another thumbnail on the way down and some other video starts playing