YouTube Worst UI Research

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🚨 YouTube engineers have begun research into creating the worst UI in history 🚨 "We think by driving as many users as possible off the website we could save millions in server costs" – Senior YouTube Developer i saw this yesterday and nearly killed my family in response

What it means

A screenshot of a satirical X post claims that YouTube engineers are intentionally designing the worst user interface in history to drive users away and reduce server costs. A reply exaggerates the frustration by saying the interface nearly caused a family tragedy, making the joke a dark reaction to YouTube’s frustrating design changes.

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social media post / публикация в соцсети YouTube video player / видеоплеер YouTube dark user interface / тёмный пользовательский интерфейс text captions / текстовые подписи profile avatars / аватары профилей reaction icons / иконки реакций playback controls / элементы управления воспроизведением progress bar / индикатор прогресса reply comment / ответ-комментарий