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Re:Return YouTube Dislike by andai on Saturday November 20, 2021 @10:00AM (#29288632)
It uses the YouTube API, which still shows dislike data. They will switch to inferior methods once the data in December when dislikes are removed from the API. I would indeed prefer it to show "unknown" rather than just guessing, although there is also value in displaying the views:likes ratio separately.
Re:Return YouTube Dislike by 14 on Saturday November 20, 2021 @10:03AM (#29288673)
Someone will likely build a browser extension that tracks dislikes outside of YouTube and those who want some metric will install it and vote on videos. Just my guess.
Re:Return YouTube Dislike by andai on Saturday November 20, 2021 @10:44AM (#29289032)
Considering literally everyone wants them back, it would be funny if a browser like Firefox or Brave would just build it in as a feature.