The video talks about how it’s been hijacked by places like Insta and TikTok in order to keep your attention instead of leaving to do chores or what have you.

He talks about the history of the feature, its uses in modern tech, and why in some cases Google and Amazon used infinite scroll but went back to pagination and their reasons why.

I think the video itself is worth watching, but if you’d rather spend your time scrolling Lemmy, I guess I won’t stop you.