I have to switch to the desktop view to use date selectors on mobile. It feels like almost inevitably at some point someone will go "of our entire user base alm

I have to switch to the desktop view to use date selectors on mobile. It feels like almost inevitably at some point someone will go "of our entire user base almost nobody uses it, so we should remove it!". Recommendation algorithms are another field. Presumably they have tons of parameters. And how many do they expose? 0. Leading the algorithm to be mis-tuned for how I feel at a given moment ("give me new stuff" vs "show me something familiar"). YouTube's "related videos" have recently completely gone down the drain too. They've always mixed not actually relevant videos in there, but now they're ONLY showing them, leaving me without a way to actually find related videos. Am I just an old man lamenting the world changing or does this type of stuff seriously feel inhibiting to anyone else? This trend is one of the major reasons I prefer free software - some kind of respect for users' needs and the theoretical option to change these things.