Today I found this extension.
It is a good day.

thank you so much for this addon. works awesome. i hate downloading addons but this one is necessary

Gets the job done, redirects to a normal video watch link on all shorts with minimal delay.

Bro you are the goat.

Exactly what I'm looking for. Enable 'allow video and audio' autoplay option in the address bar so the video will play on load.

Works as advertised for me (I also have other extensions on). My only wish would be for it to be open source, or have the source available