“This incredibly useful feature which can’t be that costly to maintain wasn’t widely used because we didn’t document it very well so instead of telling people it’s there we’re just gonna remove it for the handful that actually used it. Share and enjoy!”
Basically every tech company’s MO at this point, I have to use over a half a dozen extensions and a handful of third-party sites just to make YouTube bearable. At least that battery-draining “ambient mode” garbage doesn’t seem to be on by default anymore.
