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Re:NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client by chin123 on Friday July 17, 2020 @06:24PM (#23876682)
Except, newpipe doesn't use the YouTube API. Similar to youtube-dl, it scrapes the YouTube webpage for all its functionality. The only way I can imagine YouTube can shut this down is by introducing DRM, at which point I hope people will boycott them anyway.
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Re:NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client by Mindwipe on Saturday July 18, 2020 @09:33PM (#23886285)
The vast, vast majority of users (99.9999+%) wouldn't even notice.
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