He mentions in that thread buying Youtube. Would Google/Alphabet part out Youtube? He also mentions bringing back dislikes. They never actually went away, but now an addon is required to view them. [1] It looks like that addon shares youtube usage data with another domain.

[Edit] - Seems I am referencing fake tweets, which is a relief.

[1] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/return-youtub...