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Vertical Video Syndrome
We were warned, but allowed it to become endemic.
"Youtube will begin showing 4 videos at once"
The average YouTube short:

Edit: It's called "Sludge content": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sludge_content
Which reminds me of a certain part from Back to the future too. I'll try to search for it, but my DVD drive is currently occupied
Edit 2:

Part 2 at 30:27 (at least on PAL edition)