From the article:
Akira Toriyama originally intended to conclude Dragon Ball with the Cell saga, but strong editorial pressure forced him to extend the series, according to a recent interview with three former Dragon Ball editors: Kazuhiko Torishima, Yu Kondo, and Fuyuto Takeda.
This was revealed during a recent episode of KosoKoso podcast on Feb 22, 2025.
Fyi, you can just take the ID of the shorts video and replace the ID part of any normal YouTube Video and it works. A short is just a normal video with a special player, you can still watch it as a normal Video.