I loved it. The animation, designs, voice acting, and the music blew me away. I could tell they were very thoughtful in the storytelling and in the production.
Thanks for this thorough rundown of YouTube's enshittification and egregious practices. Admittedly, YouTube is the one google thing that I haven't been able to fully abandon and I hate it.
I highly recommend this toy called a Cat Dancer. Cats love playing with it, even the elderly ones. It's basically a steel wire with some small rolled cardboard pieces on the end. I know how it sounds, but the way it moves really ignites their prey drive. Its durability really depends on the cat (mine last quite a while), but at least it's cheap, and you can probably pick one up where you buy your supplies.
From my experience, cats get bored of laser pointers after a while when they realize they can never catch it.
I agree. I was completely enthralled throughout the season.