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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] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They do provide sth unique, because open source/privacy friendly alternatives are not supporting the same features to a full extent in one solution with a simple UX. And even Bing, as you mentioned and other competitors, fall short. I'm using Startpage (based on Google) and OSM most of the times and I'm happy with it, but sometimes I gotta check restaurant ratings or satellite view etc. Also route planning is way more convenient on gmaps even if I don't use it. There's probably more as well, which I'm not aware of.

Yes exactly, YouTube is the only google service I use almost everyday (besides Startpage).. but I wouldn't know what to do without it.

Fair enough :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ratings on Google maps are less informative than having no information. An absolute dumpster fire with no value in any context.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Agree to disagree. Was really helpful in Vietnam e.g., and I also don't have problems with it in Germany.