Is anyone actually watching YouTube Shorts?

I mean, not accidentaly clicking one thinking it's a regular video, but deliberately watching them?

I installed an extension blocking them. It's VVS[1] on steroids and annoying.

[1] https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verticaal_Video_Syndroom

Funny how panoramic/horizontal arms race between film producers and TV producers calmed overnight. I was prepared to ask a snarky question about vertical movies going mainstream but apparently there has been already a relevant festival since 2014.

It's one thing for a video to just be in portrait, but another for a video to be in portrait letterboxed to widescreen..

What do you think about watching portrait video letterboxed to widescreen on smartphone held vertically?

Yes. Obviously.

My YT shorts algorithm has turned into softcore porn and its truly disgusting

One thing about the algorithms is if you don't train them, they sure do reveal a lot about you to yourself