@Eiswald @BowsacNoodle More than ten years ago it became obvious that the UI changes were at minimum a psychological tool for engagement, posts specifically expressed how changes happened "right after (the user) got used to them." Probably scheduled the manipulation timetable too tightly for a few seasons. Ever since I use alternative frontends + yt-dlp for content sites.

I refrained from posting in the 'do you actually use YT and its interface' thread, but I am waiting for another shoe to drop as to why it is like that. Something in the line of the micro-strobe on screens affecting moods study findings from years ago.

P.s. but the ugliness is completely because of incompetence + disgusting and interrupted sense of aesthetics.