Fucking google did it again, they "fixed" something that never broken. This time they make thumbnails way too big even with 70% zoom

a year ago by ColdWater to c/mildlyinfuriating

I read this is a new "feature" they've been testing for at least 2 years now on some users unfortunately my time has come, So you might not seeing this but you will in the future

Canadian_Cabinet 83 points a year ago

There's a ublock filter you can use to make them small again. I'll post the code once I get home.

! Changing the amount of videos per row
youtube.com##ytd-rich-grid-renderer:style(--ytd-rich-grid-items-per-row: 6 !important;)
youtube.com##ytd-rich-grid-renderer:style(--ytd-rich-grid-posts-per-row: 6 !important;)

! Using full page width for video grids
youtube.com##ytd-two-column-browse-results-renderer.grid-6-columns:style(width: 100% !important;)
youtube.com##ytd-two-column-browse-results-renderer.grid:not(.grid-disabled):style(max-width: 100% !important;)

I have it set up for 6 per row but you can change the number to be whatever you want.

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pdqcp 6 points a year ago

I love you, ty

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crusa187 6 points a year ago

Works great, unlike the one I found on Reddit posted about a year ago.

Thanks!

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redhorsejacket 3 points a year ago

You're doing good work.

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eager_eagle 37 points a year ago

I got tired of large thumbnails long ago. For anyone already using Enhancer for Youtube, you can add the following to the custom script section:

/* Add to Enhancer for YouTube's Custom script section */

;(function () {
    document.body.appendChild(document.createElement('style')).innerHTML =
        'ytd-rich-grid-row{display:inline-block;width:min-content;}div#contents.ytd-rich-grid-row{margin:0;}' +
        'ytd-rich-item-renderer{width:32rem !important;margin:1rem;}' +
        'ytd-video-meta-block[rich-meta] #metadata-line.ytd-video-meta-block{font-size:1.5rem !important;line-height:initial;}' +
        '#video-title.ytd-rich-grid-media{font-size:1.75rem;line-height:initial;}'
})()

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zipzoopaboop 9 points a year ago

Any chance you've attempted or figured out how to block "premiering soon" posts? Useless garbage, YouTube is not for scheduling

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eager_eagle 2 points a year ago

not really, but yeah I hate those too, especially channels that schedule a premiere not hours, but X days from now. What's the point of showing it in my subscriptions tab if I can't watch it? And by the time I can, the video will already be buried by newer videos.

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sfxrlz 25 points a year ago

you know those small pictures we call „thumbnails“ well because … thumb … nail … and they are all made for exactly that size.

Let’s make em yuge

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grue 23 points a year ago

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Buddahriffic 1 point a year ago

This meme can have an entirely different meaning in reply to that comment. I chose to interpret it as the guy is taking a moment to look at his thumbnail before returning to the private discussion, saying "yeah, he's got a point".

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grue 1 point a year ago

I really meant it in an antimeme/literal/sincere sort of way, but was too lazy to remove the top and bottom frames.

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Bongles 24 points a year ago

They also threw shorts at the top of the subscription section in the TV app recently. As if anyone wants to watch shorts on their TV. They don't care though, it pushes shorts which is what they want to push right now.

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Kualdir 4 points a year ago

I don't know why I'd go to youtube to watch tiktok reposts tbh

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ColdWater 2 points a year ago

And it's even more obnoxious with these gigantic thumbnails

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squigglycunt 1 point a year ago

i think its better that shorts are all in one place in the TV app, so i easily ignore they exist with a single click i used to have to play minesweeper with my subscriptions before that

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GnerphBaht 1 point a year ago

On my TCL Google TV I use Smart Tube. It has sponsor block and you can filter out shorts.

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Samdell 14 points a year ago

Here's your occasional reminder to use FreeTube on your PC or Newpipe on your phone

https://freetubeapp.io/

https://newpipe.net/

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Viking_Hippie 6 points a year ago

And SmartTube on your Android TV

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glitchdx 5 points a year ago

Anyone else have the problem with newpipe that it simply doesn't work when connected to wifi?

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Samdell 4 points a year ago

I don't, I believe one of the piracy instances might be able to help you with the issue better than I

!piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

!piracy@lemmy.ml

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glitchdx 1 point a year ago

unfortunately, i setup all my accounts on .world which blocks piracy communities.

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piefood 2 points a year ago

It's always been super spotty for me. Sometimes it doesn't work for a few hours, sometimes for a few days. It usually ends up working again after a bit. I ended up moving to mostly using yt-dlp instead, as it's more consistent. I don't know of a more reliable phone-option tho :(

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BryceBassitt 3 points a year ago

I recently switched to FreeTube and am WAY happier, plus I can make everything purple.

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pdqcp 2 points a year ago

Does anyone have any iOS alternatives recommendation ? I'm trying to get the family away from YT too, but they all have iOS for reasons

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Samdell 4 points a year ago

someone in a group I know asked the same a few weeks ago and the general reply was "No"

iOS ain't friendly to any kind of 3rd party app

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grue 2 points a year ago

I want them to synchronize my watch history so that each one doesn't keep listing the videos I already watched in the other.

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Samdell 2 points a year ago

The whole point of these apps is that they are local, independent from algorithms and YT's surveillance. If you want to synchronize something, you'll have to do it manually.

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ColdWater 1 point a year ago

I will use it when google decided to block my adblocker, but for now I kinda need to use yt with my account and I like "mixed playlist" I discovered many great music with it

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GnerphBaht 1 point a year ago

Revanced has a patched yt music app. No ads, background play, and I use the super mix playlist a lot.

Fo those that prefer Spotify, check out spotube. Available for phone and Google TV.

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SpiceDealer 12 points a year ago

Why can't they make mobile UI design and desktop UI design separate?

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tempest 5 points a year ago

The reality is that more and more web users are phone and tablet only.

Phones and tablets are consumer devices and most users are consumers rather than creators. This is especially true outside the Anglo-sphere and in developing countries.

All this to say it's going to get worse and may never get better.

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purplemonkeymad 12 points a year ago

I got this a while ago, it made me find the css variable and set it back. I have 5 across now, but could set it higher if I wanted.

You still get a few gaps where the shorts would be, if I didn't block those as well.

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Kualdir 3 points a year ago

Could you explain how to do this for the people (like me) who don't know how I'd go about having the css changed automatically

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purplemonkeymad 9 points a year ago

There are some other ways posted in the comments, but I used an Extension called Stylus and added the following to youtube.com:

@-moz-document url-prefix("https://www.youtube.com/") {
    ytd-rich-item-renderer{
        --ytd-rich-grid-items-per-row: 5;
    }
}

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ColdWater 11 points a year ago

You can use this extension if you're affected

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glitchdx 5 points a year ago

so many fixes, this is great

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JackFrostNCola 1 point a year ago

Another good one is youtube enhancer extension.
And is it just me but does fucking everybody get that lofi girl channel reccomended?

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ColdWater 1 point a year ago

I got it once in a while

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ZeldaFreak 11 points a year ago

I use Control Panel for YouTube. Has a lot of features. Don't know how trustworthy it is. It has only 11k Users and 49 ratings on Firefox but I use it for some time now. YouTube rolled that out for me for weeks and when I got it, I didn't found a script to add to uBlock or so, when I got this bs.

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4shtonButcher 11 points a year ago

If you haven't had enough reasons to use https://freetubeapp.io/, you seem to have found another one now

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Kualdir 9 points a year ago

My issue with this is what others consider its strength.

I WANT a for you page. I WANT it to be synced across devices.

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IncogCyberspaceUser 6 points a year ago

What browser are you using?

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ColdWater 12 points a year ago

Floorp

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Stamets 17 points a year ago

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ColdWater 10 points a year ago

What?

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Stamets 15 points a year ago

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IncogCyberspaceUser 3 points a year ago

Thank you.
I just realised that the list on the left in the browser is from YouTube, not the browser you're using... I'm losing my mind.

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SnotFlickerman 6 points a year ago

I solved this problem by turning off watch history.

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HollowNaught 5 points a year ago

I am once again recommending freetube

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ggtdbz 5 points a year ago

Posy is my spirit animal.

This happened to me too and the Ublock filter fixed it. I dread to think of the day YouTube is made to be completely unfixable.

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PalmTreeIsBestTree 2 points a year ago

People gave Posy a lot of shit for his AI video.

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Rin 4 points a year ago

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ColdWater 3 points a year ago

Thanks, I've been enjoying NK and Synthwave musics a lot lately

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serenissi 2 points a year ago

interesting kustomisation

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ColdWater 1 point a year ago

Gotta love Plasma for allowing me to do it without much fuss

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Sylvartas 1 point a year ago

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theunknownmuncher 1 point a year ago

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LainTrain 1 point a year ago

I use dearrow so I don't see custom thumbnails, just screen cap of a random time code in the video and I view YouTube through my subscription box only and have watch history off so the home page isn't even available to me.

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