Youtube shorts can be viewed as "regular" videos by replacing "shorts/" in the URL with "watch?v=", like so:

Shorts URL:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aLIrYgqPTik

Regular URL:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLIrYgqPTik

#youtube #deenshittification

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@82mhz Thank you! The Shorts layout is abysmal, especially if you require captions. In fact it's the layout of a shorts style platforms. This is a screenshot from a video my sister sent me that's from Instagram. I can't read the captions at all. It's the same way for YT and TikTok because there's so much crap on the screen.
@cinimodev
These interfaces are absolutely atrocious. You can tell they were designed for people who get bored if they have to look at the same thing for more than two seconds and so they put as much shit on the screen as possible to keep them engaged.