[lolinder]

> A volume setting takes up screen real estate and is really not needed on mobile.

This is a solved problem: don't show the volume control on mobile. This is what YouTube already does for every other kind of video.

[spencerchubb]

I agree, and that's what I just said. YouTube Shorts has not existed very long, but it could very well be on the roadmap to add a volume control to the desktop version.