This is a Tampermonkey script that detects when a YouTube Shorts link is opened and flips it over to Watch link so it presents itself as a proper video. The shorts layout is absolute garbage that nobody should use - it's bad enough people create these videos in the first place...

youtube-shorts_to_watch.user.js

// ==UserScript==
// @name         YouTube Shorts Fixer
// @namespace    https://gist.github.com/abraxas86
// @version      1.2
// @description  Replace "/shorts/" with "/watch/" because shorts format is hot garbage that nobody should tolerate
// @author       me
// @match        *://*.youtube.com/*
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    'use strict';

    // Function to modify the URL
    function modifyUrl() {
        if (window.location.href.includes('/shorts/')) {
            // Disconnect the observer to stop further modifications
            observer.disconnect();
            window.location.href = window.location.href.replace('/shorts/', '/watch?v=');
        }
    }

    // Observe changes in the URL
    const observer = new MutationObserver(modifyUrl);
    observer.observe(document, { subtree: true, childList: true });

    // Run the function to modify the URL initially
    modifyUrl();
})();