> I entered a TikTok like mode where I could keep skipping from a short crappy video to another in an infinite doomscroll of shit
Sounds like you clicked on a "YouTube Short", which will start a TikTok-like view with short videos. These are different than normal videos and as you correctly point out, it is done to emulate TikTok.
Sounds like you clicked on a "YouTube Short", which will start a TikTok-like view with short videos. These are different than normal videos and as you correctly point out, it is done to emulate TikTok.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube_Shorts