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by 708145_ 156 days ago
Fully agree, responsible parents should not allow their kids (including teenagers) to use Shorts or TikTok. It is a shame that YouTube does not support blocking that crap. It is obvious "Don't be evil" is not Google's motto anymore.
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x187463 155 days ago
For YouTube, in the case of Shorts, parents can now limit or block them altogether.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/14/youtube-now-has-a-way-for-...

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knollimar 155 days ago
Can I prevent shorts from showing up for me?
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rasmus-kirk 155 days ago
You can create two Google accounts and parental control yourself. You can also use ublock or other browser addons, and of course, NewPipe. Youtube should have more settings for this, it's clearly going down the drain, but it's not like you can do nothing.

Honestly, it's one of the reasons I don't want to pay for Youtube Red, why would I pay for "no ads", when I still feel like I'm the product, because of my complete lack of control over the algorithm and user experience.

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