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YouTube will now count a view as soon as a video starts playing (techcrunch.com)

submitted 2 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world 65 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Now we have view inflation on top of losing the dislike button and the UI consistently getting worse.

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[–] AmyAye@nord.pub 8 points 2 months ago

Don't forgrt it just autoplays shit too.

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[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Fyi the return youtube dislike works wonders. They store the dislikes instead of youtube and adjust them to match the view count.

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