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Description from extension meta
Seamlessly play YouTube Shorts with the normal desktop interface
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Why does clicking on a YouTube Short on a desktop bring up the mobile-optimized interface? With no video scrubbing, harder to access comments, less accessible view count, and more, it makes no sense to use on a desktop.
Shorts Deflector is an extension that allows you to seamlessly watch YouTube Shorts with the normal desktop interface. By using several techniques, this extension is super fast; you will barely notice the switch to the desktop viewer. Install now and try it out for yourself!
Upon install, the "Read your browsing history" permission may seem alarming, but this permission is only used to detect page updates.
Open source at https://github.com/attituding/shorts-deflector
Read more at https://attituding.github.io/shorts-deflector
Latest reviews
- (2023-10-04) k: Every time I watched a SHORT video, "The sound is loud ！！！！" I was tormented by this, so I was saved. Thank you.
- (2023-08-30) Owen Ganson: Will update when fixed
- (2023-08-21) Will Ashley: literally doesn't work. just triggers and infinite reloading loop
- (2023-06-15) Nic: thank you! :3
- (2023-06-09) Will Ashley: Stopped working. Tried clicking on the google doodle today which links to a short, and it just triggers an infinite loading loop.
- (2023-04-26) Anhad Sodhi: Developer stuck a "kick me" note on my back :(
- (2023-03-02) Seraph: Used to work flawlessly, now doesn't switch automatically. I'll change my review to 5 star when they update to make it work again.
- (2023-01-28) Isaiah Smith: PEAK!!
- (2022-12-26) Александр Божимов: best
- (2022-11-15) TNS: Useful 👍
- (2022-10-01) Mariano Larreteguy: Thank you! Who would have thought that people actually wanted to be able to pause and rewind videos, and not have them automatically loop?
- (2022-09-18) TAKOMAN: I was looking for an extension like this for a long time! Thank you so much, I really hate the desktop Shorts and now you fixed it.
- (2022-08-28) Yul Alex Merino Contreras: Thank god, works perfectly
- (2022-08-27) Kuba Sztos: A must have
- (2022-08-03) Zack L.: Just gave it a shot and it works, great job. YouTube's insistence on forcing this awful mobile UI on desktop is just baffling.
- (2022-06-26) David Bradbury: Works perfectly at showing shorts in a normal youtube interface with all the normal controls. Thank you!
- (2022-06-18) Catinthebag: Works great!
- (2022-05-23) STANiK: Life saver
- (2022-04-22) Luke: This is a great feature and one that is crazy that its needed in the first place. Thanks, seems to be doing the job. You're a bloody legend.
- (2022-04-18) _schino: oh wow nice i was searching for this
Latest issues
- (2023-04-16, v:1.16.1) G Mail: Ridiculous minimum requirement
It's a URL redirect app. Why are you forcing people to be on Chrome 102+? My current Chrome base is 100. This should work on Chrome 1. Privacy Redirect works. Why doesn't this? - (2022-12-06, v:1.14.0) Bazyli Brzóska: odd Privacy Policy
Hi! Why does your "privacy practices" state that you *collect* "user activity" and "website content"? A cursory look at the source code shows you don't collect anything. Maybe consider updating your privacy practices to reflect that? Otherwise it's a little scary to install. - (2022-07-28, v:1.6.0) Alpha Storms (SmashPortal): Alter href Links
I would prefer a version of the extension that replaces all YouTube Shorts href links on a webpage, rather than redirecting after I click on it.