> Now, every network is becoming indistinguishable. Most Youtube Shorts I see are ripped straight from Tiktok. It has all the irritating telltale signs; wooden AI voiceover, stupid sound effects overlaid on top on the original audio, and of course a 5-second looping clip of some monstrously bad music.

You forgot the fourth element: Some mid teen/woman preening in front of a mirror (because in 2022 people still can't figure out how to use the front-facing camera).