[angryGhost]

there must be a ReVanced alternative for web browsers, ever since cracking YouTube I find myself only using it when I want to search for a video because I have disabled the home screen and disabled shorts so I never see the slop

[netsharc]

I use https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/improve-youtube-%F0... and my YouTube start page is empty... it can also remove shorts from the search results.

[rglullis]

Untrap YouTube + Brave browser + Sponsorblock works quite well, too. I've disabled pretty much every "recommended" section: no in-video cards, no "related videos", nothing except on the main page, so the only way to get "random suggestions from the algorithm is is by intentionally refreshing the home page.