I don’t think that would work. PiHole works on a DNS level and has no insight to the encrypted connection to Youtube. So it cannot see or modify the site content on the fly. uBlock Origin basically can (beside DNS based blocking) modify the websites’ code after it has loaded into your browser.
My Filters indeed
For uBlock:
! YT Homepage - Hide the Shorts section
youtube.com##[is-shorts]
! YT Menu - Hide the Shorts button
www.youtube.com###guide [title="Shorts"], .ytd-mini-guide-entry-renderer[title="Shorts"]
! YT Search - Hide Shorts
www.youtube.com##ytd-search ytd-video-renderer [overlay-style="SHORTS"]:upward(ytd-video-renderer)
! YT Search and Channels - Hide the Shorts sections
www.youtube.com##ytd-reel-shelf-renderer
! YT Channels - Hide the Shorts tab
www.youtube.com##ytd-browse[page-subtype="channels"] [role="tab"]:nth-of-type(3):has-text(Shorts)
! YT Subscriptions - Hide Shorts - Grid View
www.youtube.com##ytd-browse[page-subtype="subscriptions"] ytd-grid-video-renderer [overlay-style="SHORTS"]:upward(ytd-grid-video-renderer)
! YT Subscriptions - Hide Shorts - List View
www.youtube.com##ytd-browse[page-subtype="subscriptions"] ytd-video-renderer [overlay-style="SHORTS"]:upward(ytd-item-section-renderer)
! YT Sidebar - Hide Shorts
www.youtube.com###related ytd-compact-video-renderer [overlay-style="SHORTS"]:upward(ytd-compact-video-renderer)
Halls of Torment (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2218750/Halls_of_Torment/)
If you like Vampire Survivors you will like this too.
Gear breaking is the worst mechanic of them all. At least if it is every 5 hits.
The thing is, the “software” actually is open source, so you can tell how data is requested from your smart ID. The german government ID has an explicit function for age verification that does not provide any personal information.
https://github.com/Governikus/AusweisApp2
However it is probably hard and costly to get certified to use any of those functions as a service provider.
This one will additionally use user submitted titles and thumbnails when available instead of just random ones.