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YouTube will now count a view as soon as a video starts playing
techcrunch.com/2026/08/17/youtube-will-now-count-a-view-as-soon-as-a-video-starts-playing/
Now we have view inflation on top of losing the dislike button and the UI consistently getting worse.
Fyi the return youtube dislike works wonders. They store the dislikes instead of youtube and adjust them to match the view count.