I have a much sillier reason for disliking this change, which is that there is a charming part of YouTube culture where people attempt to explain a small number of downvotes on an otherwise popular video in a witty way.
For example, on a recent piece of Imperial propaganda [1] with 100K upvotes and 935 downvotes, we find the comment:
> 930 heretics and counting...
This one isn't laugh-out-loud funny, maybe raises a grin. Others are better. But it's a tiny artform which will be lost from the world.
I remember a YouTube video of a local news reporter about to interview a teacher for making a eyes-closed backwards basketball shot from half court. The news reporter tries this and with amazing luck, makes the half court blindfolded backwards shot.
In the top comment of the video jokingly said, “the 2 dislikes are from the teacher and her husband”.
For example, on a recent piece of Imperial propaganda [1] with 100K upvotes and 935 downvotes, we find the comment:
> 930 heretics and counting...
This one isn't laugh-out-loud funny, maybe raises a grin. Others are better. But it's a tiny artform which will be lost from the world.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWnQedD4BlI