feat: hide the YouTube Playables shelf, release v1.19.0 #53

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Summary

YouTube injects a "YouTube Playables" shelf — a row of browser mini-games — into the feed. It is not video content and nothing in CleanWatch matched it, so it survived every existing filter.

New setting hidePlayablesShelf (Home & Feeds → Homepage), on by default, next to the other injected-shelf toggles. Localized in EN/NL/DE/FR; the hint notes that the /playables page itself still works if you go there yourself.
block.css: the shelf is a plain ytd-rich-shelf-renderer with no distinguishing attribute (unlike Shorts' [is-shorts]), so the rule anchors on the game card element (ytd-mini-game-card-view-model) and on the /playables link in the shelf header. The whole ytd-rich-section-renderer is hidden so no empty grid slot is left behind, matching the membership/premium shelf rules; the loose card selectors cover the same cards appearing outside a rich section.
defaults.js: PLAYABLES_SHELF_SELECTOR mirrors the CSS and is registered in AUDITED_SELECTORS as playablesShelf (optional, since a clean feed may not carry the shelf), so a YouTube rename shows up in __CW_AUDIT_SELECTORS__() instead of failing silently.

Release v1.19.0

manifest.json + package.json → 1.19.0 — a new user-facing feature, so a minor bump, matching 1.18.0. package-lock.json had drifted at 1.16.0 and now tracks.
Rebuilt website/downloads/cleanwatch-latest.zip, byte-identical to the store package: 30 files, manifest at the zip root, no test/, node_modules/ or website/ leakage.

Test plan

npm test — 74/74 pass (jsdom was simply not installed locally, which is why two suites appeared to fail before npm install)
Settings page renders the new row with its label and hint, via the page-load harness
Selectors checked against the live shelf markup: the section, its shelf and its cards match; a neighbouring rich-section and an ordinary feed item do not
Load unpacked on youtube.com and confirm the shelf is gone with no empty grid slot, and returns when the toggle is off

🤖 Generated with Claude Code

## Summary YouTube injects a **"YouTube Playables"** shelf — a row of browser mini-games — into the feed. It is not video content and nothing in CleanWatch matched it, so it survived every existing filter. - New setting `hidePlayablesShelf` (**Home & Feeds → Homepage**), **on by default**, next to the other injected-shelf toggles. Localized in EN/NL/DE/FR; the hint notes that the `/playables` page itself still works if you go there yourself. - `block.css`: the shelf is a plain `ytd-rich-shelf-renderer` with no distinguishing attribute (unlike Shorts' `[is-shorts]`), so the rule anchors on the game card element (`ytd-mini-game-card-view-model`) and on the `/playables` link in the shelf header. The whole `ytd-rich-section-renderer` is hidden so no empty grid slot is left behind, matching the membership/premium shelf rules; the loose card selectors cover the same cards appearing outside a rich section. - `defaults.js`: `PLAYABLES_SHELF_SELECTOR` mirrors the CSS and is registered in `AUDITED_SELECTORS` as `playablesShelf` (optional, since a clean feed may not carry the shelf), so a YouTube rename shows up in `__CW_AUDIT_SELECTORS__()` instead of failing silently. ## Release v1.19.0 - `manifest.json` + `package.json` → 1.19.0 — a new user-facing feature, so a minor bump, matching 1.18.0. `package-lock.json` had drifted at 1.16.0 and now tracks. - Rebuilt `website/downloads/cleanwatch-latest.zip`, byte-identical to the store package: 30 files, manifest at the zip root, no `test/`, `node_modules/` or `website/` leakage. ## Test plan - [x] `npm test` — 74/74 pass (jsdom was simply not installed locally, which is why two suites appeared to fail before `npm install`) - [x] Settings page renders the new row with its label and hint, via the page-load harness - [x] Selectors checked against the live shelf markup: the section, its shelf and its cards match; a neighbouring rich-section and an ordinary feed item do not - [ ] Load unpacked on youtube.com and confirm the shelf is gone with no empty grid slot, and returns when the toggle is off 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)

richard added 1 commit

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feat: hide the YouTube Playables shelf, release v1.19.0 fabfc5192e

YouTube injects a "YouTube Playables" shelf — a row of browser mini-games —
into the feed. It is not video content and nothing in CleanWatch matched it,
so it survived every existing filter.

- New setting `hidePlayablesShelf` (Home & Feeds -> Homepage), ON by default,
  next to the other injected-shelf toggles. Localized in EN/NL/DE/FR with a
  hint noting the /playables page itself is untouched.
- block.css: the shelf is a plain ytd-rich-shelf-renderer with no
  distinguishing attribute (unlike Shorts' [is-shorts]), so the rule anchors
  on the game card element (ytd-mini-game-card-view-model) and on the
  /playables link in the shelf header. The whole ytd-rich-section-renderer is
  hidden so no empty grid slot is left behind, matching the membership/premium
  shelf rules; the loose card selectors cover the same cards appearing outside
  a rich section.
- defaults.js: PLAYABLES_SHELF_SELECTOR mirrors the CSS and is registered in
  AUDITED_SELECTORS as `playablesShelf` (optional, since a clean feed may not
  carry the shelf), so a YouTube rename shows up in __CW_AUDIT_SELECTORS__()
  instead of failing silently.
- Verified against the live markup: the section, its shelf and its cards match;
  a neighbouring rich-section and an ordinary feed item do not.

Release v1.19.0
- manifest.json + package.json -> 1.19.0. A new user-facing feature, so a minor
  bump, matching 1.18.0. package-lock.json had drifted at 1.16.0 and now tracks.
- Rebuilt website/downloads/cleanwatch-latest.zip, byte-identical to the store
  package: 30 files, manifest at the zip root, no test/, node_modules/ or
  website/ leakage.

74 tests pass.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Merge pull request 'feat: hide the YouTube Playables shelf, release v1.19.0' (#53) from feat/hide-playables-shelf into main

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website: full redesign — live hero demo, bento features, new visual identity #54