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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-26T00:20:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://thechels.uk",
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  "textContent": "I can barely use the YouTube app, there is a community attached to a channel that spams a post with AI slop Jesus everyday. I have no issues with religion, but it’s relentless spam I don’t need and have no way of blocking or hiding this content - unlike most other social media apps.\n\nWhen setting the view to video only this only persists for that view, it doesn’t persist.\n\nDespite setting the time allowed to watch shorts to 0. I am still presented with them endlessly.\n\nThankfully, I use an RSS reader and my custom theme that converts YouTube links to x.app links that I can watch in a custom player with PIP or full screen available.\n\n> YouTube is adding even more TikTok-like features to Shorts, including a new “clear screen” mode that removes the icons and text from the video you’re watching. In a blog post on Thursday, YouTube says it’s also replacing the “thumbs-up” button with a “heart” icon, and is introducing a new option that lets you watch Shorts at 2x speed.\n\n» The Verge →",
  "title": "YouTube continues to ruin its app/player to make it even more like TikTok"
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