With Reddit shutting down its API setting a precedent in the corporate tech world (and Reddit was a major outlier in that a ton of their users are technical minded and support third party clients, YouTube does not have that kind of userbase and will not get backlash for it), Twitter doing whatever the fuck they’re doing, and Google already hellbent on destroying ad blockers, the days of Newpipe, Invidious, and Freetube are numbered. Wouldn’t be surprised if they implement Netflix level DRM tomorrow that makes alt clients impossible. I say savour your alt clients while you can guys, you won’t be able to soon.

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    1 year ago

    This is exactly what the proposed Web Integrity API seeks to prevent. That’s what makes it terrifying.

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      1 year ago

      Hmm, so no API, no scraping, nothing but some ad infested privacy invading unusable mess. I guess isolating from the whole web is becoming an increasingly appealing option.

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      1 year ago

      Show me me a 10ft wall, I’ll show you a 12ft ladder.

      No matter what they try, there will always be someone that manages to completely bypass those bullshit blocks.