FWIW, this is the consensus in every thread I’ve seen the issue raised. And it’s not just because it’s the “lazy” option that everyone’s used to.
It also happens to be the most obvious solution to both (1) the more-technical user’s need for a canonical reference from which to redirect to their preferred frontend, and (2) the less-technical user’s need for a link that “just works” by default.
The criticism that it allows more traffic to YouTube is valid, but forcing traffic to a particular frontend/instance seems to create new problems for basically everyone, including instance admins who often aren’t prepared for major traffic spikes.
FWIW, this is the consensus in every thread I’ve seen the issue raised. And it’s not just because it’s the “lazy” option that everyone’s used to.
It also happens to be the most obvious solution to both (1) the more-technical user’s need for a canonical reference from which to redirect to their preferred frontend, and (2) the less-technical user’s need for a link that “just works” by default.
The criticism that it allows more traffic to YouTube is valid, but forcing traffic to a particular frontend/instance seems to create new problems for basically everyone, including instance admins who often aren’t prepared for major traffic spikes.