I disagree, there is a lot of quality content in Shorts format. I stumbled on multiple creators via Shorts, such as GenericArtDad. I have basically no slop in my Shorts anymore, if I ever had.

I also don't find them to be such an annoyance when navigating, they are very fast to skip.

What's annoying is when YouTube starts one when you launch the app, that's really bothering and uncalled for.

I say let's try it elsewhere, just to prove those despicable commies it was absolutely a fluke.