I got really annoyed with Facebook Reels and YouTube Shorts. The format is incredibly annoying and lowbrow.
7 years ago I knew how to make Chrome extensions by myself, but I’ve since forgotten.
So Claude Code put this together in 15 minutes:
https://github.com/gazillion101/skipshorts
To install: download the repo, go to chrome://extensions, turn on Developer mode, click “Load unpacked,” and pick the folder. (Google wants $5 from me to publish it in the Chrome Web Store, and I see no reason to.)
Once installed, you won't see the Reels and Shorts anymore.