• AnActOfCreation@programming.devOP
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      6 months ago

      YouTube already has ToS on their API and has paid tiers. But a lot (most?) of the third-party apps and tools bypass the API and directly scrape the site.

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          6 months ago

          I’m sure there’s an in-depth reason for it, but there is one that scrapes Old Reddit, instead of the main site, and it works great for me (Stealth on f-droid). There’s also RedReader, a client that was allowed to keep API access because of it’s accessibility features… which I guess Reddit just couldn’t be bothered to implement into their own app.

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      6 months ago

      Go to any major publication, and I mean absolutely any one, and there is a solid chance there is at least a single YT embed.

      If they try to Reddit their API they’re going to lose much, much more than just giving it away