# Return YouTube Dislike

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Return YouTube Dislike and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A free browser extension that people add to other YouTube blockers. Critics say it sends viewing data to a third party, and it can stop YouTube working when run with uBlock Origin.

## Why people recommend it

- Part of a YouTube blocking setup (1 comments): "I can't even stand to visit YT without the combo of Blocktube/Unhook/uBlock Origin/SponsorBlock/Return YouTube Dislike." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47019692))

## What people warn about

- Sends viewing data to third party (1 comments): "tells a third party service what videos you click on and has no measures to ensure anonymity" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49860680))
- Dislike counts are scraped and estimated (1 comments): "a combination of scraped dislike stats and estimates extrapolated from extension user data" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46718713))
- Breaks YouTube alongside uBlock Origin (1 comments): "Turns out if both this and uBlock are active, YouTube will refuse to work." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47183948))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Return YouTube Dislike", https://hackerapproved.com/p/return-youtube-dislike/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).