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    I don’t think there is such a thing as YouTube doesn’t use any DRM. All videos are publicly available on a public facing service available to all

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      the EULA for YouTube says they own all videos uploaded to their site. watching through something like Piped is a soft (and important) form of piracy

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            How so?

            It is just a web crawler. It isn’t do much more than your standard search engine

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              Piped cracks CAPTCHA blocks meant to ensure YouTube maintains access to their hosted videos. That CAPTCHA includes a EULA that by engaging with the captcha to continue using youtube you agree not to circumvent google ads. Piped intentionally (and correctly, from an ethics perspective) circumvents this