> What I would prefer seeing YouTube do is improve their search. You may get 15-20 relevant search results before they start mixing in shorts, other videos I've already seen, "suggested videos", etc.

Worse yet, the other content mixed into search results isn't even visually distinct from the rest! If you overlook the header, there's no way to tell why it isn't showing you what you searched for.

Happily, it's possible to fix this with a CSS rule:

    .ytd-search ytd-shelf-renderer {
        background: lightgrey !important;
        padding-left: 20px;
    }

(Or you can "display: none" the whole section if you prefer.)