You know why they might be hiding upload dates? My theory is, Youtube doesn’t really want you looking at new stuff. (Very apparent by the algorithm) they want you looking at specific news stories, and specific content but not constantly seeking new uploads from independents.

But that is just a theory a plain theory. Thanks for watching.

That’s an interesting way way.

On the desktop site of defualt base Lemmy I can confirm it’s been there for some time now. On 3rd party variations of Lemmy I cannot confirm they all had adopted it.