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YouTube reportedly testing new homepage that removes dates and view counts (lemmy.world)

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Has YouTube experienced enshittification?

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[-] Cossty@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Return YouTube dislikes will change to

Return YouTube dislikes + view count + upload date

[-] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Until they shut down / lock down the APIs that allow querying this information.

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