YouTube Shorts makeover adds 2x speed and a ‘clear screen’ mode, but removes the dislike button

YouTube just announced a pretty significant overhaul to the Shorts player. The biggest news here is that YouTube is officially retiring the “Dislike” button on Shorts. Going forward, the traditional thumbs-up is being replaced by a TikTok-style heart icon, while the thumbs-down is vanishing from the player entirely. And to be clear, this isn’t just […]