AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoYouTube's war against third party apps is just as ridiculous as its war on adblockerswww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1484arrow-down117 cross-posted to: becomeme@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1467arrow-down1external-linkYouTube's war against third party apps is just as ridiculous as its war on adblockerswww.androidpolice.comAnActOfCreation@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square92fedilink cross-posted to: becomeme@sh.itjust.works
minus-squarealexdeathway@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-27 months agoELI5 why google won’t pull reddit on youtube API?
minus-squareAnActOfCreation@programming.devOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·7 months agoYouTube 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.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·7 months agoBecause YouTube is embedded a lot
minus-squareAMDIsOurLord@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·7 months agoGo 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
minus-squarealexdeathway@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoX(Twitter) did it, that’s why i am little concerned.
ELI5 why google won’t pull reddit on youtube API?
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.
Because YouTube is embedded a lot
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
X(Twitter) did it, that’s why i am little concerned.