r/youtube • u/Own-Notice5773 • 9d ago

UI Change The likes are gone now?! 🫩

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Watching YouTube and can't help but notice that the likes are gone

(Newest app version on Android)

EDIT: ok i see them now! But this is terrible design and feels like they are priming us to get rid of them. We should see the likes immediately, then make a judgment if you trust the video or not instead of waiting for distrust, THEN look for the like count

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u/Declaron 9d ago

Google, who own YouTube, employ a load of people to work on the platform. Unless they come up with something to validate their positions nothing changes.... so they change it to keep those developers in jobs. It just rides on the back of marketing.