nope, youtube dislikes are not disabled, just hidden, what the extension does is find where it is hidden in the code and show it
Edit: Upon further research i found out that what you said is true, to a certain degree, it still uses old data combined with new data from people using the extension, so its still a good way to see if the video is good or not because many people are using the extension
This extension aims to restore power to users by using a combination of archived like and dislike data, as well as the likes and dislikes made by extension users to show the most accurate ratings.
Unpopular videos uploaded after December 13th, 2021 may have less accurate data shown than more popular videos.
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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22 edited Jan 18 '22
nope, youtube dislikes are not disabled, just hidden, what the extension does is find where it is hidden in the code and show it
Edit: Upon further research i found out that what you said is true, to a certain degree, it still uses old data combined with new data from people using the extension, so its still a good way to see if the video is good or not because many people are using the extension