YouTube is on a major decluttering mission

YouTube has ballooned from a small selection of low-resolution videos in 2005 to a total library of more than 20 billion videos uploaded. Over the course of two decades, it has introduced a bevy of new features including YouTube Premium, Shorts, and YouTube Shopping. Today, it has billions of logged-in monthly users. But as YouTube’s user base and content have expanded exponentially, the platform’s actual design has struggled to keep pace. Historically, YouTube’s product team was...