feat(YouTube - Hide layout components): Hide video topics

[Fern-Leaves]

Feature description

option to hide whatever this is

Motivation

it's another thing clogging up the home page, just like all those other things that revanced has options to hide

Acknowledgements

• I have checked all open and closed feature requests and this is not a duplicate
• I have chosen an appropriate title.
• All requested information has been provided properly.

[LisoUseInAIKyrios]

It probably can be hidden using a custom filter.

If you're savvy with command prompt and looking thru log files, you can find what the component names are:

[NichirinSword]

It probably can be hidden using a custom filter.

adding the following custom filter solve this issue.

topic_with_thumbnail_view_model

[LisoUseInAIKyrios]

If anyone encounters this UI component then please post a screenshot.

It's not clear if this is still in use or if it was a short lived test.

[ILoveOpenSourceApplications]

@Fern-Leaves or @NichirinSword or @zwimer, can anyone confirm the status?

[Fern-Leaves]

a few months have past now since I last saw it

[zwimer]

I haven't been actively monitoring it, but I do not recall noticing it recently.

[ILoveOpenSourceApplications]

@LisoUseInAIKyrios, looks like it was an an A/B test and it's no longer present. Shall we close this and the PR related?

[LisoUseInAIKyrios]

Yes. If the UI component comes back then can revisit this.