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I built this because AI-generated conspiracy videos were getting out of control in my own YouTube feed. Weedout is a $1.99 Safari extension for macOS that removes videos YouTube labels “Made with AI” from feed, search, related videos, playlists and Shorts. It uses YouTube's label rather than AI detection, runs locally, and does not catch unlabeled videos.\n\nSource for developers who want to fork or build: https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fmasteranza\u002Fweedout-for-youtube\n\nPull requests are not accepted; the repository is for independent forks.",{"problem":50,"audience":56,"pricing":61,"motivation":68,"time_to_build":72,"stack":73,"openness":74,"stage":75,"team_size":76},{"value":51,"source":52,"evidence":53},"AI-generated videos clutter YouTube feed, search and recommendations","maker",[54],{"id":55},"post",{"value":57,"source":58,"evidence":59},"YouTube viewers on macOS Safari who want to avoid AI-generated videos","inferred",[60],{"id":55},{"value":62,"source":52,"evidence":63},"$1.99 for the Safari extension; source code free on GitHub",[64,65],{"id":55},{"id":66,"by":11,"text":67},"49529440","It's free on GitHub for anyone to build, use or fork. I've built it for myself, but going through App Store submissions took me 2x the time, hence the price.",{"value":69,"source":52,"evidence":70},"AI-generated conspiracy videos were overwhelming the maker's own YouTube feed",[71],{"id":55},null,[],"paid","launched","solo",{"praise":78,"objections":106,"requests":148,"questions":173,"alternatives":183},[79,95],{"value":80,"source":81,"evidence":82},"Useful solution to AI clutter in YouTube feed","commenter",[83,87,91],{"id":84,"by":85,"text":86},"49531920","tartoran","This is great and hope it'll be compatible with more and more browsers. This should be done by youtube themselves. It's so simple for them to label AI generated content so people…",{"id":88,"by":89,"text":90},"49532831","haul_up","Been waiting for something like this; YouTube's AI detection is wildly inaccurate and just clutters the feed. Installing immediately.",{"id":92,"by":93,"text":94},"49533127","vist_orn","Finally, a way to reclaim my YouTube feed from the AI sludge. Been scrolling past too much uncanny valley lately.",{"value":96,"source":81,"evidence":97},"Cross-browser ports already made for Firefox",[98,102],{"id":99,"by":100,"text":101},"49533429","ssernikk","I love this concept, but use Firefox, so I ported it: https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fkacperwyczawski\u002Fherbisight (herbisight -> herbicide -> weeds, you know) I've just submitted it to AMO for…",{"id":103,"by":104,"text":105},"49543572","kamyarg","Started working on a port yesterday and got time to continue today and just saw you had the same idea. Sharing for anyone interested: https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fkamyar\u002Fyoutube-without-ai…",[107,126,137],{"value":108,"source":81,"evidence":109},"Relies on YouTube's AI label, which is inconsistent and catches legitimate videos",[110,114,118,122],{"id":111,"by":112,"text":113},"49530136","Schnitz","I’ve found that the AI label doesn’t necessarily mean AI slop, it just means there’s a non zero amount of AI in the video. I want to avoid AI slop but not all videos that have an…",{"id":115,"by":116,"text":117},"49530571","f3408fh","Yep, it's super useless. The label is so general. Was AI used for one image in the 10 minute video? Is the voiceover AI? Is the entirety of it generated with AI? No way to know.",{"id":119,"by":120,"text":121},"49532886","mechazawa","Yeah it's pretty meaningless to see the ai label below videos. Lots of obvious AI shorts and videos are unlabeled yet other videos are labeled as fully generated with AI when…",{"id":123,"by":124,"text":125},"49533015","Tajnymag","The extension relies on YouTube's AI detection, so it won't be any more accurate.",{"value":127,"source":81,"evidence":128},"Only catches labeled videos, not unlabeled AI content",[129,133],{"id":130,"by":131,"text":132},"49534206","EdZitron2","They are self reported, any YouTube author can just say whether or not their video is ai, and they rarely do of they spent hours editing. Look at gossipgoblin - you think that’s…",{"id":134,"by":135,"text":136},"49533210","flanked-evergl","YouTube needs a way to report mislabelled AI videos, and actually the \"Made with AI\" label is a bit misleading. I don't mind if it uses some AI, what I don't want is AI slop, and…",{"value":138,"source":81,"evidence":139},"Paying for an extension that is simple to build is questioned",[140,144],{"id":141,"by":142,"text":143},"49529414","ranger_danger","You can charge money for browser extensions? And people pay for them? I'm in the wrong business.",{"id":145,"by":146,"text":147},"49531892","ffsm8","From the pitch itself > Weedout is a $1.99 Safari extension for macOS that removes videos YouTube labels “Made with AI” So no, none of that. Blows my mind if someone pays for that",[149,165],{"value":150,"source":81,"evidence":151},"Support for Chrome and Firefox",[152,156,160,164],{"id":153,"by":154,"text":155},"49572588","dongking","Can it be used with Google Chrome? Will you consider developing a mobile version in the future? My YouTube feed is also flooded with all kinds of low-quality AI-generated…",{"id":157,"by":158,"text":159},"49545599","torranx","this is nice work, I'll be a user for sure, that is if there's one for firefox",{"id":161,"by":162,"text":163},"49529990","gregjw","Safari? Of all browsers? Why not start with Chromium?",{"id":84,"by":85,"text":86},{"value":166,"source":81,"evidence":167},"YouTube should offer a native hide-AI setting",[168,172],{"id":169,"by":170,"text":171},"49583561","jaylau47","This feels like something YouTube should offer natively. If they already know which videos are labeled as AI-generated, a simple \"hide AI-generated content\" preference would be…",{"id":84,"by":85,"text":86},[174],{"value":175,"source":81,"evidence":176},"Why Safari only rather than a cross-platform browser",[177,181,182],{"id":178,"by":179,"text":180},"49529735","lukeasch21","This is great, but why start with Safari and not a cross platform browser? Is there something native here that can't be done otherwise or is it just personal preference?",{"id":161,"by":162,"text":163},{"id":169,"by":170,"text":171},[184,191,198,202],{"value":185,"source":81,"evidence":186},"Shortless app for hiding Shorts",[187],{"id":188,"by":189,"text":190},"49533014","tatoalo","> I was looking for a setting to turn off Youtube Shorts I put out shortless [0] for the very same reason...I just hate them. This works only on Safari, but I stopped using the…",{"value":192,"source":81,"evidence":193},"AiBlock extension with community list",[194],{"id":195,"by":196,"text":197},"49533784","mschuster91","Check out the AiBlock extension, it has a community sourced list as well: https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002FOverride92\u002FAiSList",{"value":199,"source":81,"evidence":200},"Firefox port herbisight",[201],{"id":99,"by":100,"text":101},{"value":203,"source":81,"evidence":204},"youtube-without-ai port",[205],{"id":103,"by":104,"text":105},{"comments":40,"answered":47,"key":207},[208,211,214],{"id":209,"text":210},"49529430","True, but that's a way harder problem to solve. For me what was important was reducing the noise as much as possible as fast as possible consistently. 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