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YouTube tests removing viewer counts — here’s what we know
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Lmfao, fuck it, why not remove titles, tags and the searchbar too if you only want them to watch the videos your algo hand picks.
And let's make the video be an ad too, why waste time.
That's their end goal: no choice whatsoever, you watch 30 minutes of ads, followed by the 30 second video the algorithm wants you to watch (which is also an ad), 30 more minutes of ads, and so on.
And, since they also own chrome, you can't go to any other page without first spending at least six hours watching youtube.