I'm curious what data they looked at that said people wanted this. It's probably time to build a YouTube competitor that differentiates itself by not giving free THC gummies and psychoactive cacti to their product managers.
(example link https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=F0w2vbegv1I)
You have the option to turn it off under the gear icon in audio track.
If that's not it, feel free to post an offending video.