So I'm part of the test group that no longer sees dislikes. What exactly is it that YouTube is testing?

I understand the problem of dislike bots, but isn't removing the dislike counter rather presumptuous? It feels like I'm being punished because some giant YouTube channels complained that their content is being disliked, and rather than make their content more appealing they went and complained to YouTube until something finally happened. It's like a business claiming that it's the customers fault that they aren't making money, so they complain to the government to do something about it.

I could be misunderstanding something, but I thought mass dislikes weren't a major issue for most channels. I can understand the if the video is political in nature, or god forbid one of those pathetic "apology" videos, but aren't those dislikes warranted in those cases?

Does mass disliking occur often enough to justify removing the counter, and if it does then how does removing the counter affect it? I could see how people are more likely to dislike a video if it already has a rather high dislike:like ratio, so I suppose that's a reason why removing it could be beneficial.

I'm reluctant to accept this change as it reeks of YouTube attempting to become more like Facebook or something. I get it's a business and businesses have to money, but something about this feels really off. I'm worried.