diff --git a/library/layouts/VerticalTabsLayout.vue b/library/layouts/VerticalTabsLayout.vue
index c8f7756d9..f6dedb833 100644
--- a/library/layouts/VerticalTabsLayout.vue
+++ b/library/layouts/VerticalTabsLayout.vue
@@ -352,14 +352,14 @@ const VTL_SHADOW_CSS = `
 .vtl-chev svg { width:15px; height:15px; }
 .vtl-chev.open { transform:rotate(90deg); }
 .vtl-rows { display:flex; flex-direction:column; gap:1px; }
-/* MATERIAL NAV-ROW METRICS (2026-09-21). Driver: "people are used to the YouTube layout, Google
-   layout is just way better. We do not need to create custom styles people are not used to."
+/* MATERIAL NAV-ROW METRICS (2026-09-21). Product decision: follow the familiar
+   Material/YouTube list layout rather than custom styling readers are not used to.
    Measured before this change: 44px rows with an 8px radius.
      min-height:48px     the Material list-item height. min-height, not height, so a wrapping
                          label still grows instead of clipping.
      border-radius         var(--vtl-radius,8px) — SUPERSEDED THE FULL PILL (2026-09-23).
                          The 999px stadium above was a real instruction ("imitate the YouTube
-                         active row") and it shipped. The Driver then measured it against the
+                         active row") and it shipped. It was then measured against the
                          rest of the product and reversed it: "the roundedness of the tabs is a
                          little bit too round because there is nowhere else in the app that has
                          that same roundedness. Even the collapse button is not that round...
@@ -841,14 +841,14 @@ export default defineComponent({
 .vtl-chev svg { width:15px; height:15px; }
 .vtl-chev.open { transform:rotate(90deg); }
 .vtl-rows { display:flex; flex-direction:column; gap:1px; }
-/* MATERIAL NAV-ROW METRICS (2026-09-21). Driver: "people are used to the YouTube layout, Google
-   layout is just way better. We do not need to create custom styles people are not used to."
+/* MATERIAL NAV-ROW METRICS (2026-09-21). Product decision: follow the familiar
+   Material/YouTube list layout rather than custom styling readers are not used to.
    Measured before this change: 44px rows with an 8px radius.
      min-height:48px     the Material list-item height. min-height, not height, so a wrapping
                          label still grows instead of clipping.
      border-radius         var(--vtl-radius,8px) — SUPERSEDED THE FULL PILL (2026-09-23).
                          The 999px stadium above was a real instruction ("imitate the YouTube
-                         active row") and it shipped. The Driver then measured it against the
+                         active row") and it shipped. It was then measured against the
                          rest of the product and reversed it: "the roundedness of the tabs is a
                          little bit too round because there is nowhere else in the app that has
                          that same roundedness. Even the collapse button is not that round...