Sounds like trouble for Newpipe, Sponsorblock, etc...
SponsorBlock isn't affected at all, as I understood after reading an article. Why did you mention it?
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Revanced for the win, it's youtubes own app!
Does NewPipe use the YouTube API, or is it a scraper? Also, how will this fix Vanced, that's using the actual YouTube app?
There are also browser extensions that just play the ads, muted, at like 100× speed. It might as well just be a tiny buffering hiccup at that speed.
I guess we'll need to see, but I'm not too worried.
It's a scraper. And, in theory, it shouldn't even cause any issues with ReVanced modified Youtube patches except if they need to be updated.
I will never tolerate ads. I will give up YouTube before I watch ads.
Every time I see a youtuber cross post to peertube it makese happy.
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Well, hopefully my invidious instance holds up for a while
War... War never changes.
If they're saying third party apps are fine as long as they show ads, I could see third-party apps displaying ads. And then having option to cover the add playback with a black screen, or with other content, but the default behavior would be to show the ad.
Grayjay is working just fine to me
It is!
Terrible moment to learn that YouTube is banning Reporting From Ukraine though. First thing in my grayjay feed when I checked. 😒
Fuck YouTube forever.
Yeah FreeTube and NewPipe both work for me still. Might be a problem in the future, but I'm hoping I dodge by being in the weird nerd slice that isn't worth trying to force ads to.
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
YouTube is bringing its ad blocker fight to mobile.
In an update on Monday, YouTube writes that users accessing videos through a third-party ad blocking app may encounter buffering issues or see an error message that reads, “The following content is not available on this app.”
It also began disabling videos for users with an ad blocking extension enabled.
But now, YouTube says its policies don’t allow “third-party apps to turn off ads because that prevents the creator from being rewarded for viewership.” This appears to target mobile ad blockers like AdGuard, which lets you open YouTube within the ad blocking app, where you’ll get to view videos interruption-free.
“When we find an app that violates these terms, we will take appropriate action to protect our platform, creators, and viewers.”
This likely won’t come as pleasant news to all the users who watch YouTube through ad blocking apps, but it doesn’t look like YouTube is backing down in its battle against ad blockers anytime soon.
The original article contains 220 words, the summary contains 165 words. Saved 25%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!
Folks, Just read the extra 55 words in the article. Most of you wont spend on a time on journalism of any kind, at least fully read the articles your interested in
Last year, YouTube “launched a global effort” to encourage users to allow ads while watching videos or upgrade to YouTube Premium. It also began disabling videos for users with an ad blocking extension enabled.
“We only allow third-party apps to use our API when they follow our API Services Terms of Service,” YouTube says.
To get around this, YouTube once again suggests signing up for the ad-free YouTube Premium.
Not much gained tbh
i chose to read the 41 words of your comment instead 😌
And give “the verge” some ad revenue? Or potentially have their trackers on my phone/computer? Nah I’m good.
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