How to Avoid Algorithmic Traps on Video Sites
Patrick Bushe · May 1, 2026
Most rabbit holes start from a suggestion you didn't go looking for. On YouTube, Ultimate Adblocker can remove the main sources: turn on "Hide Home page videos", "Hide recommended videos", "Hide end-screen suggestions", "Hide Shorts" and "Turn off autoplay" in its YouTube settings. With those on, you get videos by searching or from your subscriptions, and a video stops when it ends. Search results are still ranked by YouTube, and other video sites get only the extension's general ad and tracker blocking.
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