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YouTube is finally cracking down on third-party apps that enable ad-blocking (alternativeto.net)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by 0nekoneko7@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The company's team clarified that their terms prohibit third-party apps from disabling ads, as it denies creators their due reward for viewership. Although the announcement did not specify any app by name, it's plausible to presume that third-party YouTube apps such as NewPipe, YouTube ReVanced, Piped, and others might be implicated.

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[–] dustyData@lemmy.world -2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

YouTube is not a mandatory necessity. We live in a world of infinite sources of recreation. Get off YouTube has absolutely no requirement for an alternative to exist. Like alcohol, music, books, or whatever, you can only just not do it.

[–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Youtube is a fantastic learning tool for diy, how to vids, reviews, education, etc. The lost goes on, and yea it has crap too, but there's so much use for it in every day life also. Brushing it off would be literally like saying "dlstay away from books, there's so many other things you could be looking at".

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

It's more like saying, "stay away from that particular publisher, because it's abusive to the authors and steals from the readers".

I do agree that I could look to so many thongs.