Search on YouTube is at its worst right now. You type "how to make apple pie," and the algorithm gives you three ads, a viral cat short, and a "For You" video about gaming.

It is what @pluralistic rightly calls enshittification.

I spent the last month refactoring the core script for search fixer. Big improvements:
> A new settings UI that doesn't look like an airplane cockpit.
> Improved anti-shorts protocol: Revert shorts to the normal player.
> Fixed the filters for those annoying auto-generated "mixes" that clutter the results.
> Optional grid view for search.
> Experimental keyword matching.

homepage:
https://phoennix.gitlab.io/youtubesearchfix/

update and new features:
https://phoennix.gitlab.io/youtubesearchfix/update.html

Reclaim your feed and I hope you give it a try

#opensource #enshittification #firefox #chrome #mozilla #browser #youtube #distraction #adhd #mentalhealth #cooking #reading #tumblr #art #design #nature

@pheonix Nice to see you on the fediverse! I found Search Fixer a while back and a first only used it to interrupt the shorts scrolling monster. It's found a place in my top add-ons. Thank you.

Search on YouTube is at its worst right now. You type "how to make apple pie," and the algorithm gives you three ads, a viral cat short, and a "For You" video about gaming.

It is what @pluralistic rightly calls enshittification.

I spent the last month refactoring the core script for search fixer. Big improvements:
> A new settings UI that doesn't look like an airplane cockpit.
> Improved anti-shorts protocol: Revert shorts to the normal player.
> Fixed the filters for those annoying auto-generated "mixes" that clutter the results.
> Optional grid view for search.
> Experimental keyword matching.

homepage:
https://phoennix.gitlab.io/youtubesearchfix/

update and new features:
https://phoennix.gitlab.io/youtubesearchfix/update.html

Reclaim your feed and I hope you give it a try

#opensource #enshittification #firefox #chrome #mozilla #browser #youtube #distraction #adhd #mentalhealth #cooking #reading #tumblr #art #design #nature

Search on YouTube is at its worst right now. You type "how to make apple pie," and the algorithm gives you three ads, a viral cat short, and a "For You" video about gaming.

It is what @pluralistic rightly calls enshittification.

I spent the last month refactoring the core script for search fixer. Big improvements:
> A new settings UI that doesn't look like an airplane cockpit.
> Improved anti-shorts protocol: Revert shorts to the normal player.
> Fixed the filters for those annoying auto-generated "mixes" that clutter the results.
> Optional grid view for search.
> Experimental keyword matching.

homepage:
https://phoennix.gitlab.io/youtubesearchfix/

update and new features:
https://phoennix.gitlab.io/youtubesearchfix/update.html

Reclaim your feed and I hope you give it a try

#opensource #enshittification #firefox #chrome #mozilla #browser #youtube #distraction #adhd #mentalhealth #cooking #reading #tumblr #art #design #nature

Search on YouTube is at its worst right now. You type "how to make apple pie," and the algorithm gives you three ads, a viral cat short, and a "For You" video about gaming.

It is what @pluralistic rightly calls enshittification.

I spent the last month refactoring the core script for search fixer. Big improvements:
> A new settings UI that doesn't look like an airplane cockpit.
> Improved anti-shorts protocol: Revert shorts to the normal player.
> Fixed the filters for those annoying auto-generated "mixes" that clutter the results.
> Optional grid view for search.
> Experimental keyword matching.

homepage:
https://phoennix.gitlab.io/youtubesearchfix/

update and new features:
https://phoennix.gitlab.io/youtubesearchfix/update.html

Reclaim your feed and I hope you give it a try

#opensource #enshittification #firefox #chrome #mozilla #browser #youtube #distraction #adhd #mentalhealth #cooking #reading #tumblr #art #design #nature