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+// ==UserScript==
+// @name         YouTube main page remover
+// @version      1
+// @description  self explanatory
+// @match        *://www.youtube.com/*
+// @grant        none
+// @run-at       document-start
+// ==/UserScript==
+
+(function() {
+    'use strict';
+
+    ///// CONFIGURATION /////
+
+    const main_page_timeout = 1000 * 5; // timeout for removing main page videos element (in ms)
+
+    /////////////////////////
+
+    var main_page_div;
+    var start_time;
+
+    // Check if the url is https://www.youtube.com (main page) every second (stops when main page is already removed)
+    const interval_id = setInterval(function() {
+        console.log("url check loop running");
+        
+        if (window.location.href == "https://www.youtube.com/") {
+            remove_main_page();
+        }
+    }, 1000);
+
+
+
+    // function to try to remove main page videos element
+    function remove_main_page() {
+        console.log("starting to try to remove main page");
+        
+        // stop interval loop
+        clearInterval(interval_id);
+
+        start_time = Date.now();
+        window.requestAnimationFrame(loop);
+    }
+
+
+    function loop() {
+        // check if main page videos element exists
+        main_page_div = document.querySelector("ytd-rich-grid-renderer > #contents");
+
+        // if it exists, remove it
+        console.log("trying to remove main page");
+        if (main_page_div) {
+            main_page_div.remove();
+            console.log("removed main page");
+        } else {
+            // check if the timeout has NOT been reached
+            if (Date.now() - start_time < main_page_timeout) {
+                window.requestAnimationFrame(loop);
+            } else {
+                console.log("main page timeout reached");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+})();