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YouTube is finally cracking down on third-party apps that enable ad-blocking (alternativeto.net)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Good thing Firefox for Android allows plug-ins now. That's been my go-to mobile YouTube viewer ever since. It's almost as good as my desktop experience.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago

YouTube already denies many creators of their due rewards from viewership over trivial things like saying the word "hell" in a video. it's obviously something more considering it's Google we're talking about.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

Honestly, I pay for YouTube Premium but I still use Revanced and NewPipe for the extra features. Why can't they just leave me alone?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

"Finally"?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Am I weird? I don't mean ads, I have no problem with them.
Just make me use an open source client.

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