[mike10921]

YouTube is my time waster as well (besides when I actually watch technical info).

YouTube Shorts are decent but I must keep the volume off because for some reason creators think they must add the most annoying music to any video clip they upload. Similar to the way you describe TikTok I feel like I need a cold shower after endlessly scrolling those videos.

[BitwiseFool]

I suspect they do it because they are trying to snap your attention back to their video. Kind of reminds me how a few years ago people would intersperse "ear-rape" segments in the video. It's that thing where the blast the volume up and the audio gets all distorted for dramatic - and infuriating - effect.