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

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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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[-] kokesh@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Does it show my subscriptions, etc?

[-] DragonOracleIX@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

No, it does not access your account at all and stores subscribed channels locally within the app. But there might be a way to transfer your subscriptions over if you can find a way to export them from your youtube account.

[-] BReel@lemmy.one 3 points 7 months ago

You can def export your subs. I did it when I set up freetube originally. So it should just be a question of if the other program will import them.

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