Sigh…this has been covered multiple times and by myself on here… it was done for corporations and advertisers.
This has been an open secret since the dislike button got removed. Politics has nothing to do with it unless your a conservative media conglomerate with tons of money in advertising. (Like prager u.)
“First of all, since YouTube does not do enough to combat click baits or spam content, the like to dislike ratio was the only indication the content you're about to see is what the creator promised you, an important factor that many high-quality independent creators have now lost," added Altman. "Secondly, the claim that this was done to protect the smaller creators from dislike attacks is also completely false."
Altman, who works with dozens of professional full-time independent YouTubers, said that none of them have ever been a victim of a dislike attack.
"The 'victims' of dislike attacks are almost exclusively large corporations on YouTube, and there are plenty of examples to back that claim, whether as a form of protest against a polluting corporation, movie fans showing their disdain to a disappointing trailer, or even YouTube themselves with the #1 and #6 all-time disliked videos – trust me those videos are pretty bad," Altman suggested.“
https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2021/11/24/youtube-removed-dislikes-button--it-could-impact-how-to-and-crafts-videos/