YouTube might be testing hiding the dislike button
YouTube appears to be testing hiding the dislike button on videos, as reported by 9to5Google. At least two users on X have recently shared screenshots of the dislike button now being placed in the three-dots submenu, and a user on…
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YouTube appears to be testing hiding the dislike button on videos, as reported by 9to5Google. At least twousers on X have recently shared screenshots of the dislike button now being placed in the three-dots submenu, and a user on Reddit also shared an image of the dislike button being absent for them.
Right now, for me, the dislike button sits right next to the like button under a video. Moving it to a submenu would make it considerably more of an effort to access, meaning that fewer people would likely use it.
YouTube keeps on getting worse… First the dislike counter got removed, then the button got removed on YouTube Shorts, now the disli …
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