Seconded on the cruelness of this video 
Two other points: I blame the “horror” of portrait video on the phone makers – almost EVERYTHING you do on a “smart phone” is in the portrait orientation. Also, phones are getting huge. Not exactly easy/natural to one-hand the phone and start recording in landscape. I’m guessing it would be tricky, but seems like phones could be made to take a “landscape” video while you hold the device in portrait orientation?
Second: In urban/suburban environs, I guess I’ll go with the crowd on the “cats should be indoors” concept, but in rural/agricultural areas, cats are often outdoors simply as a form of rodent control. Our cats are indoor only, but our area is patrolled by no less than 5 cats from surrounding homes. It’s worrisome, but they seem pretty happy out there… And, yes, some birds get taken, but the circle of life is pretty “red in tooth and claw.” We have coyote, foxes, mountain lions, etc., pretty on the regular. But I guess there are enough trees around so that “off ramps” are pretty available to anyone being chased by an Acme Rocket.
