Developers Create Browser Extensions To Return The Likeable YouTube Dislike Counter

Return YouTube Dislike

To dislike means to not like something. But on YouTube, Dislike is apparently likeable.

While YouTube announced that it was going to remove the Dislike counter from the public eye, the attempt quickly received numerous backlash. Even YouTube's co-founder complained about it.

Realizing that YouTube users demanded the Dislike counter to return, developers came to the rescue.

A number of developers have created third-party browser extensions to return the Dislike counter.

It should be noted though, that while creators are the only ones who could see their videos' full metrics, the extensions simply allows viewers to see how many likes and views a video got.

That, assuming that the creator of the video has allowed the Likes to be seen.

Not only that YouTube in removing the Dislike counter has received backlash, as it also made the company to go under some scrutiny.

While Google claimed it was to prevent targeted attacks of mass Dislikes, some users suspect that the move was to protect controversial advertisements, politicians, and even YouTube itself from its 2018 YouTube Rewind, which is considered among the most disliked videos on YouTube.

Other YouTube users expressed concerns that without the Dislike counter, it would be harder for them to know if a video is deceptive, or low-quality prior to watching it.

At this time, the extensions work by utilizing the GoogleAPI data as well as scraped data.

These are updated once every few days.

While Google will definitely shut down the API, the database can be used continuously, allowing the extensions to at least predict the number of dislikes a video has received.

While there is no way for third-party apps to work flawlessly with YouTube without Google's support, the extensions should be a welcome move from the many YouTube users who like to see the dislikes.

Return YouTube Dislike
Published: 
30/11/2021