He/him. Chinese born, Canadian citizen. University student studying environmental science, hobbyist programmer. Marxist-Leninist.

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But at the same time, not enough people use 3rd party YouTube apps to cause any significant backlash if they deny api access


Yep… Bummer, but completely in character and expected.


Frankly, I’ve had it with band-aid solutions like alt clients. Gonna say it now: if you claim to be a FLOSS/open web supporting creator and you’re still exclusively using YouTube, you obviously value revenue over FLOSS or open web. Yes I’m gatekeeping FLOSS/open web with that statement, but corporate tech is actively trying to destroy both, and if you side with them, why shouldn’t you be called out for it? Don’t have to quit YouTube IMO, but at least mirror on Peertube if you care.


My Opinion: NewPipe, Piped, Invidious, etc’s days are numbered.
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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Source: https://teddit.net/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/wlt6b9/the_documentation/
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Source: https://teddit.net/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/wlssgj/those_damn_naming_conventions/
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That’s a really short private key though. Anyone want to do a feasibility analysis on brute forcing it?