My father likes to watch youtube but he has dementia. He'll sit there and watch the same short for an hour, which can't be good for what's left of his mind. The other option would have been find an app to hide all shorts but this does it's job and he can enjoy the short content he likes when his attention span isn't there for the long form videos.
Might seem unneeded to add the why but it shows how they don't care about accessibility options or what viewers want.
