Oh no! I thought it accessed some YouTube API that exposed the dislike data, but of course even if it did that, that data wouldn’t have dislikes from people that don’t have the extension!
The point is I’m now even more heartbroken about the loss of the Neutral video’s balance.
There’s an extension that adds the dislike count back.
It’s unreliable from what I have read
Of course it is, because YouTube doesn’t provide the data so it is forced to derive the rating only from people who use that extension.
I’d always wondered how that worked.
Oh no! I thought it accessed some YouTube API that exposed the dislike data, but of course even if it did that, that data wouldn’t have dislikes from people that don’t have the extension!
The point is I’m now even more heartbroken about the loss of the Neutral video’s balance.
It’s not exact, but it’s still a useful indicator.