Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/s/GoHz2biWx1

Here you can see how it is supposed to look. This is how it has been for years (with minor changes or alignment issue).

As some people suggested I should just not use my "phone" is landscape mode: It's a Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ with a 12.4 inch screen, meaning the thumbnail is so huge it takes the space of nearly the size of a laptop. Tablet / Ipad users may be a minority but it still sucks having to scroll so much to look for a video to watch.

And no, an Ipad or a tablet are NOT just a big phone. You mainly use a tablet in landscape mode and it has much more available space (using the same layout as a phone app wouldn't make any sense). And no, I won't change anything in my settings to try and fix what the devs f***ed up. And no, I won't switch to a browser for the exact same reason - then I might as well just use my PC.

Also for the people commenting about the video itself: that wasnt the point of my post - was just the first recommended video. While I sometimes watch Asmongold clips I dont know who that in the thumbnail is nor do I care about it or any of these so called influencers. I just want to get my old youtube view back as you can see in the 1st screenshot.