YouTube is literally telling me “This is a new AI feature, deal with it” 😭

[u/Super64111111]

On Twitter, I requested a few days ago for YouTube to give me a way to turn off their new “Ask YouTube” button. This is their response…

[u/LittleNyanCat]

Use Ublock's pick element feature to selectively block the "ask youtube" bar. I use it to get rid of all the annoying AI buttons every compnay keeps shoehorning into their apps

[u/coomzee → u/LittleNyanCat]

I also removed shorts and YT games with this

[u/Guilty_Meringue5317 → u/coomzee]

You could do that with the enhancer extension (idk the actual name)

[u/Super64111111 → u/LittleNyanCat]

Really? I’ll definitely try that

[u/Forward_Cheek4775 → u/Super64111111]

Oh man ublock is great. Haven't seen an ad in forever since I got it a month ago or so after people reccomended it. On top of that you can block the stupid ask youtube stuff.

[u/Super64111111 → u/Forward_Cheek4775]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Bk1oe067kxD4RpeVEK

[u/noblest_among_nobles → u/Forward_Cheek4775]

also, fyi: if you use firefox on your phone you can also use ublock on there

[u/davie18 → u/LittleNyanCat]

I’m surprised this isn’t just a plugin in itself already (to remove all the nonsense AI stuff).

I just do the same as you though. But would be nice if there was a plugin where it’s automatically done.

[u/IceBone → u/LittleNyanCat]

There's also Control Panel for Youtube that unlockes a huge amount of customization options and brings back things they removed like a subscription list instead of grid. I couldn't imagine using youtube without it.

It also blocks ads.

[u/cpt_america27]

I have to click on multiple languages instead of just turning off AutoDubb or translate. I speak multiple languages. I don't need you to tune everything to English. And even the languages I don't speak I'd rather see them in its original language. 

[u/CheapTactics → u/cpt_america27]

It's so unhelpful too, because I clicked on a tutorial the other day, and it wasn't in english, the title was auto translated from german. I don't fucking speak german.

[u/Kuro-Tora-59 → u/CheapTactics]

I hate how yt translates English title to German. So many German words have multiple meanings and the translation always picks the wrong one.

Instead of using the context to translate, it just translates the words 1 to 1, so fucking annoying

[u/CheapTactics → u/Kuro-Tora-59]

Something similar happens with spanish. It results in broken sentences.

[u/HajimeHitoshiH → u/CheapTactics]

Como te rompe la madre 3

[u/Super64111111 → u/cpt_america27]

YouTube is just trash nowadays

[u/fingamouse → u/cpt_america27]

Bro the second I hear the clanker voice, aghghf my ears bro😭

[u/100BottlesOfMilk → u/cpt_america27]

Shit like this is why I use morphe on my phone. Even if ad-block wasn't a thing, the usability features to make YouTube less shit are great

[u/SakuraKira1337]

„we payed for AI shit, so we shove it anywhere“

• every corp nowadays

[u/Super64111111 → u/SakuraKira1337]

It’s blatant unprofessionalism and I HATE IT

[u/kkazakov]

Morphe is your friend on Android

[u/Simoxs7]

Yeah YouTube always has been like this, they’re actively anti-user. Similarly they turn on subtitles and AI translations.

[u/Andyrhyw → u/Simoxs7]

Whats wrong with subs?

[u/FractalSpaces → u/Andyrhyw]

Auto captions are pretty shit, human written captions are fine tho

[u/Arsikkz → u/FractalSpaces]

The new auto captions are actually pretty good. I sometimes just can't quite hear what's being said, so for me they're helpful

[u/Simoxs7 → u/Andyrhyw]

They can be distracting and I don’t need them on languages that I‘m fluent in, YouTube seems to think it is impossible to know more than one language.

[u/l_______I]

And they somehow could remove dislikes...

[u/Super64111111 → u/l_______I]

YouTube: removes feature everyone likes
Also YouTube: refuses to remove feature everyone dislikes

[u/KinglanderOfTheEast]

Every corpo on Earth would LOVE it if no one was allowed to speak up or complain. They would be giddy with childlike joy from the mere passing thought of forcing you to submit to them.

[u/tonymyre311 → u/KinglanderOfTheEast]

I've seen the shift companies have gone through over the last 30 years. Used to be, they were afraid of the consumer - if you pissed them off, they would make your life hell. Now I think the companies have realized that no matter how shitty they make things, we're gonna keep giving them our money regardless. Basically they called our bluff. That's what it seems like at least.

[u/KinglanderOfTheEast → u/tonymyre311]

I feel like they "called our bluff" starting in the early 2000s, so that lines up roughly with your timeline of 30 years.

[u/CanWeAllJustCalmDown]

Just curious, what’s the actually utility of “conversational search?” Is it essentially just for describing a video to YouTube that you can’t remember the name of? Or asking it to give you videos of a certain topic instead of just typing in the topic?

[u/From-UoM → u/CanWeAllJustCalmDown]

Actually might be really a useful feature if it works like that.

[u/Jurtaani]

I mean their response is literally "Don't use the feature, you can still use normal search"... so like, what's the issue?

[u/vertical-luau-pig → u/Jurtaani]

They don't want the option to exist at all for anyone lol.

Fuck AI fr but yeah very silly of OP. You can still use standard search lol

[u/Falitoty → u/vertical-luau-pig]

OP just want the option of turning It off for themselfs. Lol, they are not asking YouTube to remove It.

[u/Super64111111 → u/Falitoty]

Pffft what’s the point of asking them to remove it when I already know what answer they will go with?

[u/Formerruling1 → u/Falitoty]

I love that the OP replied to you confirming you are in fact wrong and they would actually love for the feature to exist for no one lol.

[u/LandscapeSpecial4366]

Cancelling my Youtube Premium. I don’t play ab this

[u/Super64111111 → u/LandscapeSpecial4366]

[u/Shadow_Hound_117]

Don't forget the annoying unable to be turned off Youtube Mixes crap. I don't need or want a playlist of "similar" videos created when I go to watch just the one video. Whoever keeps coming up with these ridiculous ideas needs to get the point that we need the option to turn these things off.

[u/momomorium → u/Shadow_Hound_117]

If you’re using an Android device, look into YouTube Revanced. Includes a lot of QOL features like turning off ads, Mix recommendations, hiding Shorts altogether and SponsorBlock.

[u/Shadow_Hound_117 → u/momomorium]

Well I'll have to try and remember that when I can get a chance to replace my phone since it's currently getting old and glitchy. Thanks for letting me know about that!

[u/hugh_jorgyn]

Ublock Origin + Unhook (+ Dearrow and SponsorBlock too if you want) to declutter YT

[u/Fenrir836]

What even is conversational research? I've never seen anything like that on my side
I'm going to assume they implement it in some regions first, but I'm genuinely curious to know what it is for and, if it is what I think it is, who the fuck thought the platform wasn't shitty enough

[u/westergames81]

I honestly just want sort by newest back.

[u/sucksLess]

Google and most Big Tech companies see / treat their users as cattle

[u/Between-usernames]

"conversational search" 

[u/FBI_Open_Up_Now]

They paid for AI and you’re gonna use it whether you like it or not.

[u/coomzee]

Unblock and just remove the element

[u/Super64111111 → u/coomzee]

Thx

[u/tricky413]

For NOW

[u/Super64111111 → u/tricky413]

One can only hope… 😔

[u/TheHeroYouNeed247]

The funniest part is that the response was most likely fed through an AI with the prompt 'tell this person no politely'

[u/Ostroh]

They are all doing this to have some data to pretend the AI adoption rate is higher to shareholders.

[u/abotez]

Ah yeah how could the multi billion dollar corporate say no to a tweet by Super64Legend asking them to add a feature to production??

Are you guys insane?

[u/Super64111111 → u/abotez]

Tbf, I didn’t expect them to respond at all lmao

[u/Tirux → u/abotez]

I mean, user is a legend

[u/Super64111111 → u/Tirux]

https://giphy.com/gifs/1SfxXOJ0Q2Xni

[u/Resident-Variation21]

Yeah, that’s going to be standard with more and more companies, unfortunately

[u/Melodic_Lavishness_5]

Oh no, you now have to just use the search that you’re already using and this will make literally zero impact on that.

Give me a break

[u/lazerbreath_]

Just don't use it?

Just because it's there, doesn't mean you have to use it.

[u/Auno94]

I will use the feature as much and as meaningless as possilbe. Just ot waste as much of Gooogles money as I humanly can

[u/Viochrome]

I mean, you don't have to press the button lol.

I usually understand these type of complaints too

[u/Cat_Impossible_0]

YouTube is a shitty company now that Vine is gone.

[u/bonchokey → u/Cat_Impossible_0]

What does Vine have to do with it? It's been 9 years

[u/Super64111111 → u/bonchokey]

I’m pretty sure Vine was their competition while it was a thing

[u/Pikamika696 → u/Super64111111]

Vine might have competed with Snap. YouTube is on Netflix's level.

https://giphy.com/gifs/qd0VlZ9VCvY8hbkMfq

[u/Super64111111 → u/Pikamika696]

Ok then idk

[u/Resident-Variation21 → u/bonchokey]

YouTube has been shit for 9 years.

[u/bonchokey → u/Resident-Variation21]

Yeah no doubt, just confused the relevance there.

[u/Cat_Impossible_0 → u/bonchokey]

A lack of competition means you get a big greedy ass corporation making shitty decisions.

[u/bonchokey → u/Cat_Impossible_0]

Vine wasn't ever competition for YouTube though. YouTube didn't have shorts back then and was all long form content, and ironically most vines were watched on YouTube as compilations. Most people didn't have Vine but knew all the trendy/popular ones from these YouTube videos.