{"slug": "unhook", "name": "Unhook", "category": "browsers", "category_name": "Browsers and extensions", "description": "Browser extension that hides YouTube recommendations, Shorts, comments and other page elements.", "recommenders": 9, "commenters": 9, "warners": 0, "score": 8.076, "rising": -1.62, "first": "2025-11-07", "latest": "2026-08-26", "why": "Recommended for hiding YouTube Shorts, recommendations and the home feed, with fine-grained control over which parts of the page stay visible.", "why_is_quote": false, "has_verdict": true, "sentiment": {"recommend": 9, "neutral": 0, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": ["Hides distractions", "Browser support"], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "I use the firefox extension \"Unhook\" to completely hide suggested content on Youtube. 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I use the YouTube app very rarely, but out of curiosity I went to iOS YouTube app settings, and I wasn't expecting this, but apparently in Time Management you can set Short Feed limit to 0 and this hid shorts completely from my YouTube app home feed and I can't scroll to the ne", "context": "", "use_case": "hiding YouTube Shorts", "switched_from": "", "story": "Meta reaches $17B settlement over social media harms to children"}, {"id": 775143984, "item_id": 48446499, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48446499", "by": "captainclam", "date": "2026-06-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use the firefox extension \"Unhook\" to completely hide suggested content on Youtube. Really effective", "excerpt": "I use the firefox extension \"Unhook\" to completely hide suggested content on Youtube. Really effective, I kindof can't believe how much time I spent getting suckered into watching video essays that absolutely did not deliver.", "context": "", "use_case": "hide YouTube suggestions", "switched_from": "", "story": "Anti-social: It's fads, not friends, which now dominate social media feeds"}, {"id": 764596848, "item_id": 47787303, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47787303", "by": "cpeterso", "date": "2026-04-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use the \"Unhook\" Firefox extension to customize the YouTube page.", "excerpt": "I use the \"Unhook\" Firefox extension to customize the YouTube page. You can hide shorts, comments, recommendations, the home page feed, and more. https://unhook.app/", "context": "", "use_case": "hiding YouTube Shorts and recommendations", "switched_from": "", "story": "YouTube now lets you turn off Shorts"}, {"id": 752280192, "item_id": 47017512, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47017512", "by": "liquidise", "date": "2026-02-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Unhook[1] has been my go-to for this. Gives full customization over shorts, recommendations, comments, etc.", "excerpt": "Unhook[1] has been my go-to for this. Gives full customization over shorts, recommendations, comments, etc. 1a: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-recommended-videos/ 1b: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/unhook-remove-youtube-rec/khncfooichmfjbepaaaebmommgaepoid", "context": "", "use_case": "hiding YouTube shorts and recommendations", "switched_from": "", "story": "uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts"}]}, {"text": ", with fine-grained control over which parts of the page stay visible.", "cites": [{"id": 764596848, "item_id": 47787303, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47787303", "by": "cpeterso", "date": "2026-04-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use the \"Unhook\" Firefox extension to customize the YouTube page.", "excerpt": "I use the \"Unhook\" Firefox extension to customize the YouTube page. You can hide shorts, comments, recommendations, the home page feed, and more. https://unhook.app/", "context": "", "use_case": "hiding YouTube Shorts and recommendations", "switched_from": "", "story": "YouTube now lets you turn off Shorts"}, {"id": 752280192, "item_id": 47017512, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47017512", "by": "liquidise", "date": "2026-02-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Unhook[1] has been my go-to for this. Gives full customization over shorts, recommendations, comments, etc.", "excerpt": "Unhook[1] has been my go-to for this. Gives full customization over shorts, recommendations, comments, etc. 1a: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-recommended-videos/ 1b: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/unhook-remove-youtube-rec/khncfooichmfjbepaaaebmommgaepoid", "context": "", "use_case": "hiding YouTube shorts and recommendations", "switched_from": "", "story": "uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts"}, {"id": 784541824, "item_id": 49033864, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49033864", "by": "noir_lord", "date": "2026-07-24", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use the excellent Unhook (with Ublock Origin) which turns the YT home page into a search box", "excerpt": "I honestly don't think it is willpower, it is simply that I never had to break the \"addiction\" because I never had it in the first place. I always found the form factor extremely limiting compared to a desktop (it's the same reason my laptop ended up running a TV upstairs, the idea of programming on the sofa sounded great but in practice I'd get frustrated and immediately retreat to my quiet downstairs office with mu", "context": "", "use_case": "removing YouTube distractions", "switched_from": "", "story": "It's getting harder to focus every day"}]}, {"text": " No complaints came up, and it suits Firefox and Chrome users", "cites": [{"id": 791208960, "item_id": 49450560, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49450560", "by": "rpozarickij", "date": "2026-08-26", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "The Unhook extension on Firefox does a very good job of hiding various parts of YouTube (including Shorts)", "excerpt": "The Unhook extension on Firefox does a very good job of hiding various parts of YouTube (including Shorts) that you don't want to see/access. I use the YouTube app very rarely, but out of curiosity I went to iOS YouTube app settings, and I wasn't expecting this, but apparently in Time Management you can set Short Feed limit to 0 and this hid shorts completely from my YouTube app home feed and I can't scroll to the ne", "context": "", "use_case": "hiding YouTube Shorts", "switched_from": "", "story": "Meta reaches $17B settlement over social media harms to children"}, {"id": 773763680, "item_id": 48360230, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48360230", "by": "sdeframond", "date": "2026-06-01", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Unhook on firefox and disabled the YouTube app.", "excerpt": "I use Unhook on firefox and disabled the YouTube app. https://unhook.app/", "context": "", "use_case": "reducing YouTube distraction", "switched_from": "", "story": "I made my phone slow on purpose"}, {"id": 780437392, "item_id": 48777337, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48777337", "by": "domo__knows", "date": "2026-07-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use the Unhook chrome extension", "excerpt": "lol yeah. I used YouTube as an example based on what I see people responding to. My actual YouTube feed is pretty good since I use the Unhook chrome extension and almost exclusively watch YouTube on my TV.", "context": "", "use_case": "cleaning up YouTube feed", "switched_from": "", "story": "Pieces: Social Network for People"}, {"id": 752280192, "item_id": 47017512, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47017512", "by": "liquidise", "date": "2026-02-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Unhook[1] has been my go-to for this. Gives full customization over shorts, recommendations, comments, etc.", "excerpt": "Unhook[1] has been my go-to for this. Gives full customization over shorts, recommendations, comments, etc. 1a: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-recommended-videos/ 1b: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/unhook-remove-youtube-rec/khncfooichmfjbepaaaebmommgaepoid", "context": "", "use_case": "hiding YouTube shorts and recommendations", "switched_from": "", "story": "uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts"}]}, {"text": " who want YouTube reduced to subscriptions and search.", "cites": [{"id": 733580976, "item_id": 45848811, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45848811", "by": "throwaway106382", "date": "2025-11-07", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Unhook to remove everything except my subscriptions and the search", "excerpt": "Contribute? That's basically its only purpose now, rot your brain with a dopamine drip and show you a bajillion ads. Now with AI slopgen being baked right into most of them it's been set into overdrive. Deleted all my social media accounts except Youtube (but I use Unhook to remove everything except my subscriptions and the search). Haven't felt better. I use Telegram and Whatsapp and SMS to keep in touch with friend", "context": "", "use_case": "declutter YouTube", "switched_from": "", "story": "A.I. and Social Media Contribute to 'Brain Rot'"}, {"id": 771537088, "item_id": 48221068, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48221068", "by": "jackdoe", "date": "2026-05-21", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "On youtube I use Unhook and only look at /feed/subscriptions", "excerpt": "Get the last ounce of milk from the dying cow. The well is beyond poisoned. Almost anything I search for is returning AI generated vomit. I have not used google in weeks. On youtube I use Unhook and only look at /feed/subscriptions, when I search I use before:2022. And am actually downloading what I find interesting, before google starts deleting because of the flood of vomit. Hard disks can not be manufactured fast ", "context": "", "use_case": "declutter YouTube", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google officially announces that ads will be included in AI Mode search results"}, {"id": 784541824, "item_id": 49033864, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49033864", "by": "noir_lord", "date": "2026-07-24", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use the excellent Unhook (with Ublock Origin) which turns the YT home page into a search box", "excerpt": "I honestly don't think it is willpower, it is simply that I never had to break the \"addiction\" because I never had it in the first place. I always found the form factor extremely limiting compared to a desktop (it's the same reason my laptop ended up running a TV upstairs, the idea of programming on the sofa sounded great but in practice I'd get frustrated and immediately retreat to my quiet downstairs office with mu", "context": "", "use_case": "removing YouTube distractions", "switched_from": "", "story": "It's getting harder to focus every day"}]}], "praise": [{"label": "Hides distractions", "summary": "Commenters say it effectively hides Shorts, suggested videos and recommendations on YouTube.", "quotes": [{"id": 791208960, "item_id": 49450560, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49450560", "by": "rpozarickij", "date": "2026-08-26", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "The Unhook extension on Firefox does a very good job of hiding various parts of YouTube (including Shorts)", "excerpt": "The Unhook extension on Firefox does a very good job of hiding various parts of YouTube (including Shorts) that you don't want to see/access. I use the YouTube app very rarely, but out of curiosity I went to iOS YouTube app settings, and I wasn't expecting this, but apparently in Time Management you can set Short Feed limit to 0 and this hid shorts completely from my YouTube app home feed and I can't scroll to the ne", "context": "", "use_case": "hiding YouTube Shorts", "switched_from": "", "story": "Meta reaches $17B settlement over social media harms to children"}, {"id": 775143984, "item_id": 48446499, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48446499", "by": "captainclam", "date": "2026-06-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use the firefox extension \"Unhook\" to completely hide suggested content on Youtube. Really effective", "excerpt": "I use the firefox extension \"Unhook\" to completely hide suggested content on Youtube. Really effective, I kindof can't believe how much time I spent getting suckered into watching video essays that absolutely did not deliver.", "context": "", "use_case": "hide YouTube suggestions", "switched_from": "", "story": "Anti-social: It's fads, not friends, which now dominate social media feeds"}, {"id": 752280192, "item_id": 47017512, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47017512", "by": "liquidise", "date": "2026-02-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Unhook[1] has been my go-to for this. Gives full customization over shorts, recommendations, comments, etc.", "excerpt": "Unhook[1] has been my go-to for this. Gives full customization over shorts, recommendations, comments, etc. 1a: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-recommended-videos/ 1b: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/unhook-remove-youtube-rec/khncfooichmfjbepaaaebmommgaepoid", "context": "", "use_case": "hiding YouTube shorts and recommendations", "switched_from": "", "story": "uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts"}]}, {"label": "Browser support", "summary": "It is used on both Firefox and Chrome.", "quotes": [{"id": 773763680, "item_id": 48360230, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48360230", "by": "sdeframond", "date": "2026-06-01", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Unhook on firefox and disabled the YouTube app.", "excerpt": "I use Unhook on firefox and disabled the YouTube app. https://unhook.app/", "context": "", "use_case": "reducing YouTube distraction", "switched_from": "", "story": "I made my phone slow on purpose"}, {"id": 780437392, "item_id": 48777337, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48777337", "by": "domo__knows", "date": "2026-07-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use the Unhook chrome extension", "excerpt": "lol yeah. I used YouTube as an example based on what I see people responding to. My actual YouTube feed is pretty good since I use the Unhook chrome extension and almost exclusively watch YouTube on my TV.", "context": "", "use_case": "cleaning up YouTube feed", "switched_from": "", "story": "Pieces: Social Network for People"}, {"id": 752280192, "item_id": 47017512, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47017512", "by": "liquidise", "date": "2026-02-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Unhook[1] has been my go-to for this. Gives full customization over shorts, recommendations, comments, etc.", "excerpt": "Unhook[1] has been my go-to for this. Gives full customization over shorts, recommendations, comments, etc. 1a: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-recommended-videos/ 1b: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/unhook-remove-youtube-rec/khncfooichmfjbepaaaebmommgaepoid", "context": "", "use_case": "hiding YouTube shorts and recommendations", "switched_from": "", "story": "uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts"}]}, {"label": "Customization", "summary": "Users can choose to hide Shorts, comments, recommendations, the home feed and more.", "quotes": [{"id": 764596848, "item_id": 47787303, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47787303", "by": "cpeterso", "date": "2026-04-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use the \"Unhook\" Firefox extension to customize the YouTube page.", "excerpt": "I use the \"Unhook\" Firefox extension to customize the YouTube page. You can hide shorts, comments, recommendations, the home page feed, and more. https://unhook.app/", "context": "", "use_case": "hiding YouTube Shorts and recommendations", "switched_from": "", "story": "YouTube now lets you turn off Shorts"}, {"id": 752280192, "item_id": 47017512, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47017512", "by": "liquidise", "date": "2026-02-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Unhook[1] has been my go-to for this. Gives full customization over shorts, recommendations, comments, etc.", "excerpt": "Unhook[1] has been my go-to for this. Gives full customization over shorts, recommendations, comments, etc. 1a: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-recommended-videos/ 1b: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/unhook-remove-youtube-rec/khncfooichmfjbepaaaebmommgaepoid", "context": "", "use_case": "hiding YouTube shorts and recommendations", "switched_from": "", "story": "uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts"}, {"id": 784541824, "item_id": 49033864, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49033864", "by": "noir_lord", "date": "2026-07-24", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use the excellent Unhook (with Ublock Origin) which turns the YT home page into a search box", "excerpt": "I honestly don't think it is willpower, it is simply that I never had to break the \"addiction\" because I never had it in the first place. I always found the form factor extremely limiting compared to a desktop (it's the same reason my laptop ended up running a TV upstairs, the idea of programming on the sofa sounded great but in practice I'd get frustrated and immediately retreat to my quiet downstairs office with mu", "context": "", "use_case": "removing YouTube distractions", "switched_from": "", "story": "It's getting harder to focus every day"}]}, {"label": "Subscriptions-only view", "summary": "Some use it to strip YouTube down to their subscriptions and search.", "quotes": [{"id": 733580976, "item_id": 45848811, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45848811", "by": "throwaway106382", "date": "2025-11-07", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Unhook to remove everything except my subscriptions and the search", "excerpt": "Contribute? That's basically its only purpose now, rot your brain with a dopamine drip and show you a bajillion ads. Now with AI slopgen being baked right into most of them it's been set into overdrive. Deleted all my social media accounts except Youtube (but I use Unhook to remove everything except my subscriptions and the search). Haven't felt better. I use Telegram and Whatsapp and SMS to keep in touch with friend", "context": "", "use_case": "declutter YouTube", "switched_from": "", "story": "A.I. and Social Media Contribute to 'Brain Rot'"}, {"id": 771537088, "item_id": 48221068, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48221068", "by": "jackdoe", "date": "2026-05-21", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "On youtube I use Unhook and only look at /feed/subscriptions", "excerpt": "Get the last ounce of milk from the dying cow. The well is beyond poisoned. Almost anything I search for is returning AI generated vomit. I have not used google in weeks. On youtube I use Unhook and only look at /feed/subscriptions, when I search I use before:2022. And am actually downloading what I find interesting, before google starts deleting because of the flood of vomit. Hard disks can not be manufactured fast ", "context": "", "use_case": "declutter YouTube", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google officially announces that ads will be included in AI Mode search results"}, {"id": 784541824, "item_id": 49033864, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49033864", "by": "noir_lord", "date": "2026-07-24", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use the excellent Unhook (with Ublock Origin) which turns the YT home page into a search box", "excerpt": "I honestly don't think it is willpower, it is simply that I never had to break the \"addiction\" because I never had it in the first place. I always found the form factor extremely limiting compared to a desktop (it's the same reason my laptop ended up running a TV upstairs, the idea of programming on the sofa sounded great but in practice I'd get frustrated and immediately retreat to my quiet downstairs office with mu", "context": "", "use_case": "removing YouTube distractions", "switched_from": "", "story": "It's getting harder to focus every day"}]}, {"label": "Less time wasted", "summary": "Commenters credit it with cutting time lost to recommended videos.", "quotes": [{"id": 775143984, "item_id": 48446499, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48446499", "by": "captainclam", "date": "2026-06-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use the firefox extension \"Unhook\" to completely hide suggested content on Youtube. Really effective", "excerpt": "I use the firefox extension \"Unhook\" to completely hide suggested content on Youtube. Really effective, I kindof can't believe how much time I spent getting suckered into watching video essays that absolutely did not deliver.", "context": "", "use_case": "hide YouTube suggestions", "switched_from": "", "story": "Anti-social: It's fads, not friends, which now dominate social media feeds"}, {"id": 733580976, "item_id": 45848811, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45848811", "by": "throwaway106382", "date": "2025-11-07", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Unhook to remove everything except my subscriptions and the search", "excerpt": "Contribute? That's basically its only purpose now, rot your brain with a dopamine drip and show you a bajillion ads. Now with AI slopgen being baked right into most of them it's been set into overdrive. Deleted all my social media accounts except Youtube (but I use Unhook to remove everything except my subscriptions and the search). Haven't felt better. 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I use the YouTube app very rarely, but out of curiosity I went to iOS YouTube app settings, and I wasn't expecting this, but apparently in Time Management you can set Short Feed limit to 0 and this hid shorts completely from my YouTube app home feed and I can't scroll to the ne", "context": "", "use_case": "hiding YouTube Shorts", "switched_from": "", "story": "Meta reaches $17B settlement over social media harms to children"}, {"id": 784541824, "item_id": 49033864, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49033864", "by": "noir_lord", "date": "2026-07-24", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use the excellent Unhook (with Ublock Origin) which turns the YT home page into a search box", "excerpt": "I honestly don't think it is willpower, it is simply that I never had to break the \"addiction\" because I never had it in the first place. I always found the form factor extremely limiting compared to a desktop (it's the same reason my laptop ended up running a TV upstairs, the idea of programming on the sofa sounded great but in practice I'd get frustrated and immediately retreat to my quiet downstairs office with mu", "context": "", "use_case": "removing YouTube distractions", "switched_from": "", "story": "It's getting harder to focus every day"}, {"id": 780437392, "item_id": 48777337, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48777337", "by": "domo__knows", "date": "2026-07-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use the Unhook chrome extension", "excerpt": "lol yeah. I used YouTube as an example based on what I see people responding to. My actual YouTube feed is pretty good since I use the Unhook chrome extension and almost exclusively watch YouTube on my TV.", "context": "", "use_case": "cleaning up YouTube feed", "switched_from": "", "story": "Pieces: Social Network for People"}, {"id": 775143984, "item_id": 48446499, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48446499", "by": "captainclam", "date": "2026-06-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use the firefox extension \"Unhook\" to completely hide suggested content on Youtube. Really effective", "excerpt": "I use the firefox extension \"Unhook\" to completely hide suggested content on Youtube. Really effective, I kindof can't believe how much time I spent getting suckered into watching video essays that absolutely did not deliver.", "context": "", "use_case": "hide YouTube suggestions", "switched_from": "", "story": "Anti-social: It's fads, not friends, which now dominate social media feeds"}, {"id": 773763680, "item_id": 48360230, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48360230", "by": "sdeframond", "date": "2026-06-01", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Unhook on firefox and disabled the YouTube app.", "excerpt": "I use Unhook on firefox and disabled the YouTube app. https://unhook.app/", "context": "", "use_case": "reducing YouTube distraction", "switched_from": "", "story": "I made my phone slow on purpose"}, {"id": 771537088, "item_id": 48221068, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48221068", "by": "jackdoe", "date": "2026-05-21", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "On youtube I use Unhook and only look at /feed/subscriptions", "excerpt": "Get the last ounce of milk from the dying cow. The well is beyond poisoned. Almost anything I search for is returning AI generated vomit. I have not used google in weeks. On youtube I use Unhook and only look at /feed/subscriptions, when I search I use before:2022. And am actually downloading what I find interesting, before google starts deleting because of the flood of vomit. Hard disks can not be manufactured fast ", "context": "", "use_case": "declutter YouTube", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google officially announces that ads will be included in AI Mode search results"}, {"id": 764596848, "item_id": 47787303, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47787303", "by": "cpeterso", "date": "2026-04-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use the \"Unhook\" Firefox extension to customize the YouTube page.", "excerpt": "I use the \"Unhook\" Firefox extension to customize the YouTube page. You can hide shorts, comments, recommendations, the home page feed, and more. https://unhook.app/", "context": "", "use_case": "hiding YouTube Shorts and recommendations", "switched_from": "", "story": "YouTube now lets you turn off Shorts"}, {"id": 752280192, "item_id": 47017512, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47017512", "by": "liquidise", "date": "2026-02-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Unhook[1] has been my go-to for this. Gives full customization over shorts, recommendations, comments, etc.", "excerpt": "Unhook[1] has been my go-to for this. Gives full customization over shorts, recommendations, comments, etc. 1a: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-recommended-videos/ 1b: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/unhook-remove-youtube-rec/khncfooichmfjbepaaaebmommgaepoid", "context": "", "use_case": "hiding YouTube shorts and recommendations", "switched_from": "", "story": "uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts"}, {"id": 733580976, "item_id": 45848811, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45848811", "by": "throwaway106382", "date": "2025-11-07", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Unhook to remove everything except my subscriptions and the search", "excerpt": "Contribute? That's basically its only purpose now, rot your brain with a dopamine drip and show you a bajillion ads. Now with AI slopgen being baked right into most of them it's been set into overdrive. Deleted all my social media accounts except Youtube (but I use Unhook to remove everything except my subscriptions and the search). Haven't felt better. I use Telegram and Whatsapp and SMS to keep in touch with friend", "context": "", "use_case": "declutter YouTube", "switched_from": "", "story": "A.I. and Social Media Contribute to 'Brain Rot'"}]}