Technology YouTube: Enforcement on Third Party Apps

[nicolaasjan]

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https://support.google.com/youtube/thread/269521462?hl=en

Hi everyone,

We’re strengthening our enforcement on third-party apps that violate YouTube’s Terms of Service, specifically ad-blocking apps.

Viewers who are using these third-party apps may experience buffering issues or see the error “The following content is not available on this app” when trying to watch a video. We want to emphasize that our terms don’t allow third-party apps to turn off ads because that prevents the creator from being rewarded for viewership, and Ads on YouTube help support creators and let billions of people around the world use the streaming service. We also understand that some people prefer an entirely ad-free experience, which is why we offer YouTube Premium.

We only allow third-party apps to use our API when they follow our API Services Terms of Service, and when we find an app that violates these terms, we will take appropriate action to protect our platform, creators, and viewers.

• Rob, TeamYouTube

We'll have to wait and see if the uBO team can counter this.

 

[LennyFox]

@nicolaasjan thanks for sharing

Google is talking about using our API and third-party apps. I am not sure but to me it looks more directed against third-party apps showing youtube content without tracking and ads (e.g. freetube, libretube and piped etc). I just checked AdGuard using uBO's block rules (scriptlets) for youtube and did not noticed any stutter (nor ads).

 

[nicolaasjan]

Google is talking about using our API and third-party apps. I am not sure but to me it looks more directed against third-party apps showing youtube content without tracking and ads (e.g. freetube, libretube and piped etc).

But isn't everything called an 'app' nowadays?

 

[LennyFox]

But isn't everything called an 'app' nowadays?

Yes, that applies to the "I am not sure" part in my previos post.

 

[wat0114]

We'll have to wait and see if the uBO team can counter this.

Yes, this has felt like David vs Goliath.

 

[blackice]

Yes, this has felt like David vs Goliath.

If David was going to Goliath's bakery and walking out the back door with loaves of bread and claiming he does it because he doesn't pay his bakers enough (which is a valid point).