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Probably because YouTube allows purchases of various stuff. A phishing link could likely easily be made to look exactly like YouTube

This is a common pattern to see today. Lots of examples that maintain the same CTA design (don't leave us. Don't waste your money on scammers, waste them on us please)

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> A phishing link could likely easily be made to look exactly like YouTube

But you are still training your users to do the Windows Okay Okay Okay dance.

Phishing links are not fixed by adding hijacks, in fact I would probably then spend less time reviewing the link and more time trying to decide which double negative button I wish to click.

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