I have successfully stopped this habit using YoutubeVanced. There is an option to hide shorts from the main screen, which was enough for me to stop watching them.
I have two questions - 1) is it still possible to get vanced these days, or do I need to back up whatever apks I may or may not have. and 2) where is this main screen option? I can't find it from a cursory look in the youtube vanced or vanced manager apps
I've been getting ads on vanced recently and I don't have an option to disable shorts
Me too, after Vanced's official discontinuation, more and more ads have slipped into the app. I am now seeing a giant ad thumbnail that shows up as the first "search result". It's portrait-sized too, so it takes up almost the whole screen.