They are profitable because they data mine the shit out of you. And now they want you to pay them so they can continue doing it.
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"I'm sure YouTube could even merge the ads into the content stream so they are unavoidable."
Who is going to tell him?
As if "search" and "query" are the only two legit get parameters lol...
I just can't understand how regulators all over the world allow these things on the road. How the fuck do you allow the release of potentially deadly (for everyone involved, not just for the user) software en masse for the public to beta test for you... This is not Diablo IV....
Check out Obsidian ;)
I use the regular app and the seekbar was always available for me.
Shorts suggestions are based on what you watch. If you spend less time watching rage/OF bait shorts or just scroll past them, they will show you less of these. 95% of my shorts scrollpage is from creators and topics that I'm interested in.
Soo looks like you just like to watch this type of content if this is what the app is serving you.
Ekshuliiii.. it should be Enshittificursion or Reshittification. Inception means something else.
I'll show myself out.