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+// ==UserScript==
+// @name        Remove youtube home and shorts
+// @namespace   Violentmonkey Scripts
+// @include      *youtube.com*
+// @grant       GM_addStyle
+// @version     1.0
+// @author      tjk918
+// @description 9/21/2023, 9:44:13 AM
+// @license     MIT
+// ==/UserScript==
+
+
+// Remove home and shorts button
+GM_addStyle(`
+  tp-yt-app-drawer a[title=Home],
+  tp-yt-app-drawer a[title=Shorts],
+  ytd-mini-guide-renderer a[title=Home],
+  ytd-mini-guide-renderer a[title=Shorts]
+  {
+    display: none !important; /* Needs !important flag */
+  }
+`)
+
+
+// Subscriptions page is new homepage
+const subscriptionsPath = "/feed/subscriptions"
+
+function redirectToSubscriptions() {
+  // Invoke clicking the subscriptions button to use youtube's hot page reloading if possible instead of reloading the whole page
+  const subscriptionsButton = document.querySelector("tp-yt-app-drawer a[title=Subscriptions]")
+  if (subscriptionsButton)
+    subscriptionsButton.click()
+  else
+    window.location.replace(subscriptionsPath)
+}
+
+
+// Redirect to new homepage
+function redirectIfHome() {
+   if (window.location.pathname === "/")
+    redirectToSubscriptions()
+}
+
+redirectIfHome()
+window.addEventListener("popstate", redirectIfHome)
+//document.body.addEventListener("yt-navigate-finish", redirectIfHome)
+
+
+// Youtube logo navigate to subscriptions
+/* Needs to be done safely in case youtube changes and also because it throws
+ * an error otherwise because violentmonkey seems to load the script twice */
+
+const logo = document.querySelector("#logo a")
+if (logo) {
+  logo.href = subscriptionsPath
+  logo.addEventListener("click", e => {
+    // Seems there is an event listener that forces redirect to site root, so stop that first
+    e.stopPropagation()
+    e.preventDefault()
+    redirectToSubscriptions()
+  })
+}