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Bring back dislike counts on YouTube. Instantly view true video ratings, dislike ratios, and creator metrics directly on the player. 📊 Restore YouTube Dislikes & Ratios A lightweight, privacy-first Chrome Extension that restores YouTube dislike counts, precise rating ratios, and creator metrics directly into the native UI. 🚀 Features 🎯 Pixel-Perfect Native UI: Clones YouTube's exact DOM structure and SVG padding for a seamless, undetectable integration of the dislike count. 💡 Smart Ratio Tooltips: Hover over the Like or Dislike buttons to instantly reveal the video's true community rating percentage and raw like/dislike counts. ⚡ Manifest V3 Compliant: Built using the latest Chrome extension architecture for maximum performance, security, and minimal memory footprint. 🛡️ Zero-Tracking Privacy: No analytics, no telemetry, and no background scripts draining CPU. 🛠️ Architecture & Technologies 💻 Vanilla JavaScript: Zero heavy dependencies, hacky CSS overrides, or framework bloat for lightning-fast execution. 🔄 DOM Mutation & State Engine: Efficient polling, caching mechanisms, and event listeners (yt-navigate-finish, popstate) designed specifically to handle YouTube's Single Page Application (SPA) navigations without breaking layouts. 🌐 Data Integration: Hooks into the community-driven returnyoutubedislikeapi.com endpoint for accurate historical and extrapolated video metrics. 📦Manual Developer Installation 1. Clone this repository or download the source code. 2. Open Google Chrome and navigate to chrome://extensions/. 3. Enable "Developer mode" in the top right corner. 4. Click "Load unpacked" and select the extension directory. 5. Open any YouTube video to see the real-time metrics in action! 📜 License This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.txt file for details.