Who the hell would pay google for youtube? Anything worth watching is on patreon so you can just watch it there if you want to pay for something without dealing with all of Google's crap.
Yeah, if there's an alternative with functioning scrollbars people will probably use that instead.
It's always surprising how popular screwing with basic UI elements like that always becomes.
I would argue cars are still mostly a disaster. They're not good for the environment, they partitioned neighboorhoods, they're very dangerous (the biggest non-disease killer of younger people before drugs), and they're another thing poor people end up having to buy and owe payments on every month.
Something to remember is that these sorts of things happen in many organizations.
You should always verify the data you get, be careful with complex supply chains, and avoid binaries you didn't build yourself. Don't skip these things just because "that's the way it's always been done." 10 years ago very little internet traffic was encrypted, security still means progress not the status quo.
Why people let any of their software near their computers is a very interesting psychology problem.