I get what you're saying is a joke, but most people don't know about Newpipe or whatever the current alternative app is, and soon most people won't be able to sideload anyway when Google makes it's changes to Android.
It's not good that Google/Meta are exposing these people to scammed for the crime of simply for not knowing how to sideload.
If you open YouTube shorts in a new account or an account that doesn't store history the ads are nearly exclusively AI slop scams. This is not just a Meta issue.
The article I shared is the original source and does not contain a mention of prequels.
The link you shared just now appears to be an AI slop summary with added hallucinations.
I am arguing with you because from the perspective of someone reading the article I shared, you brought up an entirely unrelated topic in order to complain.
Me personally I don't have a Pixel but I looked into Graphene and I'm told banking apps don't work and also tap to pay.
Linux works on pretty much every PC ever and every app can be installed. It would be nice to have that for phones!