YouTube Classic restores YouTube back to its glory days of classic aesthetics.

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What it does

• Restores dislike counter so you can judge the quality of content before watching
  (based on Anarios' Return YouTube Dislike)

  



• Removes rounded corners that seemingly abound for the sake of being round
  (based on magma_craft's Non-Rounded YouTube Design)

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• Redirects YouTube Shorts to classic player for increased usability
  (based on fuim's YouTube Shorts Redirect)

  



• Hides sneaky recommendations from search for more accurate results
  (based on hoothin's YouTube Hide FOR YOU Suggestion When Search)


• Reduces excessive animations & lazy-loads for faster navigation thus enjoyment of videos

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