I assume you’re talking about Carpenter and yopyop is talking about Piker

There are plenty of users who don’t even know what the Eternal September was

I’d be one of them. I’ve got some reading to do later.

I’m pretty sure it does. I remember thinking “of course they would implement it like that” when I first encountered a short as a regular video.

Speaking for myself here:

• Shorts loop automatically, something I find annoying
• Shorts have loads of UI over the video by default; while there is a “clear screen” button in the context menu, it doesn’t persist, and is extra interaction that a normal video doesn’t require
• It’s easier to scrub through a normal video on mobile; while there is a progress bar at the bottom of a short, you can’t drag up on that bar to get fine-grained seeking

This is my “old man tells at cloud” moment and I’m okay with that.

ahh so that’s why charizard is so hot