“Shorts to normal player” is the one on chromium (I used to use it in sandbox exclusively for YouTube). On Mozilla, the “YouTube Shorts Normal Player” seems to do the same trick it seems.

Well, I got annoyed about that, and found a browser addon that changes the url from shorts to videos.

-The break meant that there would be at least 15 minutes of no ads after

-During that long break you had the ability to empty your bladder, or get more snacks

-You didn’t get repeats of ads during that singular break

-The ads weren’t targeted to you specifically, but targeted to the viewers of the show you were watching

-The advertisers saw value in “quality over quantity”