Likes from logged in views do count, the like to view ratio is higher due to that.
A German YouTuber tested it with an unlisted video, I can’t find it as of now but I do find a lot of deleted videos in my liked ones…
Basic theory as of the time of the video is that they want to go against bot views. Short views did not decline, only long form video, and of those the people with mostly desktop views are hit the most.
Edit: found it!
So do advertisers still have to pay for impressions or clicks if the viewer isn’t logged in?
Something tells me Google’s just going to pocket the difference now.
From different youtubers self reporting they say the amount of money they make hasn’t changed, so it appears they still play the ads but not count their views on YT