Comment by bell-cot
I can skim the start of a plausible-sounding article in ~5 seconds, to see if it's worth any more of my time.
Vs. on YouTube, I probably can't get past the pre-content ad in 5 seconds.
Life is too short to waste any of it watching long-odds content on YouTube.
This. Plus I don't want to pollute my viewing history, so either have to tell YouTube to forget about it or watch in Incognito mode with its slow loading and low bitrate.