Recent comments highlight significant user frustrations with YouTube's homepage layout and autoplay features. Users are particularly annoyed by the misalignment of video thumbnails, overwhelming presentation of Shorts, and how autoplay obscures video thumbnails. There's a call for easier customization and permanent disabling options for unwanted features like Shorts. Several users have developed tools or Chrome extensions that address these concerns, allowing for a more personalized viewing experience, such as adjusting the number of videos per row or eliminating distractions. The updates seem to lack quality assurance, contributing to a broader sentiment of dissatisfaction with the platform's interface design.