I have Proprietary games on my Linux system therefor my system is proprietary lol.

u can hide shorts with uBLOCK. https://github.com/gijsdev/ublock-hide-yt-shorts

I understand ur reluctancy, i used them on my Mac, MPV doesn’t support MacBooks anymore so the Jellyfin client took a hit ( video decoding isn’t the best). Phyn is almost the same compared to VidHub but they propose an all in one Jellyfin/Jellyseer app for a subscription, it’s free if u re just gonna use for Jellyfin.

I use VidHub on my IPhone and MacBook, there is also phyn as an option. All are present in the AppStore