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YouTube's war against third party apps is just as ridiculous as its war on adblockers
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this post was submitted on 03 May 2024
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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.
So why aren't there reddit apps that do the same?
Geddit is one.
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.
Because fuck reddit.
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.