Of course they are. Do the age verification pushers not remember being children?

It’s a skill like any other. When you need to look up something, make yourself at least try tldr, man, etc. first. Over time you will find yourself skimming through man pages to find what you need faster than looking up a video.

If they just made the ads unintrusive people wouldn’t bother installing adblockers. But sure make the ads longer and see what happens.

The “trick” is usually some kind of innocent vandalism like throwing toilet paper around. That being said, as a kid I was never prepared for that and never had it happen

Reddit search hasn’t worked for the past 15+ years, don’t think this is anything new