[rerdavies]

But I would instantly install a browser extension that makes youtube shorts go away. I avoid them studiously because I find that whenever I click them, I come to 45 minutes later, deep inside a rabbit hole of everything that makes the internet horrible. Making them go away altogether would significanly improve my mental health.

[ekimekim]

I use https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/redirect-shor... which does exactly this. It's a simple redirect rule that shows the same video but in the normal video player.

[justsomehnguy]

  https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KaSmgzaKgYM

and

  https://www.youtube.com/v/KaSmgzaKgYM

are the same, so at least you can use some redirection extensions to always show you the full interface.

Or use something like 'Simple Blocker' (FF) which would just block everything which includes `youtube.com/shorts/` in the URL.

[ivanjermakov]

Look up uBlock filters to remove shorts.

I also recommend blocking "feed" page, side suggestions and comment section.