Goolag just hid the dislike count on the HTML side of youtube and the public api access is next, meaning only video creators can review downvotes.
Their claims of mental health are bullshit as this will only placate narcissists, and this only exists to allow questionable parties to hide bad reception of their videos.
I like how youtube went ahead to take steps to implement this further.. despite most content makers never asked for this.
YT knows there are no competitors. Also... now would be a good time for foreign vid platforms to attract international users. Im sure japan or something has one.. what was it. Niconico?