We can't ignore the fact that shorts - as a format - promote distinctly different content quality. It's a much more compressed, less thoughtful, more manipulati

We can't ignore the fact that shorts - as a format - promote distinctly different content quality. It's a much more compressed, less thoughtful, more manipulative (have to keep only the most attention grabbing parts) video format. Perhaps I am in a tiny minority, but the introduction of shorts has completely changed how I use YouTube. I have blocked all modules on the homepage, YouTube recommendation modules on other pages, secondary navigation, etc with uBO. Have only watched maybe 5 shorts in total, and even then only by accident when clicking links on other domains.