Thanks to others who pointed out that uBlock origin can permanently disable (as opposed to being annoyed every 30 days) shorts on YT, instant quality of life improvement.
Just a guess from Youtube's shorts not having it. I've never used it.
No fix for those unless it can be done in my opnsense router, but then that would break everything in the house when I am the only one who really hates shorts.
And to think I pay for yt. And let's not even get started about the blank home screen for the crime of turning off history.
Oh, not at all. It's just that there's no in-app volume control, so they depend entirely on the phone's media volume. This is common in most mobile applications, I'd say. So all those people glued to their blaring phones are morons, to put it plainly.