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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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[-] laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 7 months ago

If enough creators moved, the fans would follow.

Unfortunately, the creators won't move to a platform that doesn't have users to watch them. And users won't bother with a platform that doesn't have creators to watch.

While this can be overcome... Yeah, I think googie will need to fork up yootoob a lot more before enough on both sides are willing to jump ship en masse

[-] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

Some fans would follow. If 100% of their subscribed channels moved tomorrow, 90% still wouldn't move to the new platform for a meaningful length of time.

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