• metaStatic@kbin.social
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        5 months ago

        exactly, it would be trivial to have a whitelist server side and now only ad friendly apps can access the videos. they only still work because it’s worth keeping those viewers in the system for the time being.

        • m-p{3}@lemmy.ca
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          5 months ago

          Technically NewPipe simply parses the website and is seen as a web browser from YouTube’s point of view.

          That how they bypass the API’s TOS, they don’t use it.

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          5 months ago

          Trivial? What information does this whitelist hold that can’t be spoofed? It’s not like apps have to tell the truth about what they are.

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            5 months ago

            People do that? Just have their code go on the internet and tell lies?! This is a Christian internet!

            (yes it’s /s)

          • passepartout@feddit.de
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            5 months ago

            This is what current implementations like Revanced do. The endgame will be fullblown DRM. Until then, it will be a cat and mouse game.