Because the second can implies the data is still available but not displayed. I wanted to specify that the data isn’t available (for the public). I don’t disagree with the top per se but wanted to clear up the ambiguity

I meant that while the button is still there the Data is only available for the uploader via the Studio backend. The public API is dead, wich I omitted in the original comment for simplicity

Afaik it’s only for the YT-Studio backend, so creators can see the dislikes but there is no public access to that data

I don’t want my watchlist stored on a random third party server

No the API is dead. The extension everyone is using calculates their own dislike number by inferring from the extension users who disliked the video

Back in my day YouTube Shorts had a thumbs up button

Isn’t a man allowed to trip anymore ?

Kinda insane how much of the internet is owned by Google. Rockefeller is crying in his grave that his SO got hacked up