You know what else you can't be 100% certain of? How many dislikes this video got.
It's one thing how the comment disappears. It's a whole other thing how you are asked to "take a screenshot of the disappeared comment to investigate".
If you feel this singles out Google, think twice. Yes, Google definitely wasn't afraid to meddle with its search results for its own gains before.
But there are other companies having practices just as shady.
Like "how the Apple Podcasts app went from a 1.8-star score all the way to 4.6 stars in a month without any actual fixes"
You know what else you can't be 100% certain of? How many dislikes this video got.
It's one thing how the comment disappears. It's a whole other thing how you are asked to "take a screenshot of the disappeared comment to investigate".
If you feel this singles out Google, think twice. Yes, Google definitely wasn't afraid to meddle with its search results for its own gains before. But there are other companies having practices just as shady.
Like "how the Apple Podcasts app went from a 1.8-star score all the way to 4.6 stars in a month without any actual fixes"
https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/19/22791968/apple-podcasts-...
Hiding dislikes, disappearing comments, tricking users into reviewing unrelated services.
There is a broader issue unfolding recently about platforms and transparency.