# Shorts Blocker 5 Hacker News commenters recommended Shorts Blocker and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months. **Verdict:** People recommend it for hiding YouTube Shorts, so videos show in the normal layout without infinite scrolling. Critics say a simple addon could do the same job. ## Why people recommend it - Hides Shorts and they stay forgotten (1 comments): "I installed it a long time ago and immediately forgot that shorts existed. Worth whatever I paid for it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47787827)) - Keeps YouTube from becoming TikTok-like (1 comments): "this one extension has protected my YouTube experience from being TikTok-ified" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45986561)) - Shows videos without infinite scrolling (1 comments): "it will just display them in the normal video UI without infinite scrolling" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46952787)) - Works as a Firefox add-on (1 comments): "I use this addon for Firefox" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47019068)) ## What people warn about - Paying for a simple CSS filter seems excessive (2 comments): "why pay for something like that when you can just write an extremely simple addon" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47788336)) "Paying for an app that is a single CSS filter is top notch Apple." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47791209)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Unhook](https://hackerapproved.com/p/unhook.md): 48 recommend - [SingleFile](https://hackerapproved.com/p/singlefile.md): 34 recommend - [Vimium](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vimium.md): 29 recommend - [Sidebery](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sidebery.md): 27 recommend - [Redirector Firefox extension](https://hackerapproved.com/p/redirector-browser-extension.md): 24 recommend ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Shorts Blocker", https://hackerapproved.com/p/shorts-blocker-for-youtube/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).