And, for some damn reason, FORCING you to see Shorts. I can't even tell it not to show Shorts on my home page without "Will re-enable in 30 days." Like NO I don't want shorts why would you re-enable?!
For 15 years, YT has been providing an old-school "TV-like" experience, with 16:9 video, 10 minute-plus "episodes". That model is dead, especially with how YT does ads, which annoy users.
They want to move mobile users to the TikTok model ASAP, which allows them to throw in many more ads in a natural way compared to what they currently have.