feat(YouTube): Hide Shorts like / dislike icons
Application
com.google.android.youtube
Issue
I don't want the like / dislike icons to be visible and obstruct the visibility of shorts.
Patch
I thought about removing the icons and just displaying likes and dislikes as text for example "622 / 7"
Motivation
- modern screens are OLED and removing static icons will extend their lifespan
- UI could be cleaner without the whole right side navigation bar that obstructs 10% of the video all the times
Acknowledgements
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The likes/dislikes are now a Litho component.
They can be hidden using a custom filter of: shorts_like_button and shorts_dislike_button
This will not work if using version spoofing to 18.33.40 or older. And if you do hide these buttons, then also turn off RYD Shorts support to prevent it fetching dislikes it will never use.
The likes/dislikes are now a Litho component.
They can be hidden using a litho custom filter of:
shorts_like_buttonandshorts_dislike_button
~What does this mean? How do I use "Litho" filters?~ Edit: still don't know what Litho means, but I set up the custom filters and it works beautifully. Thank you!