AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoYouTube's war against third party apps is just as ridiculous as its war on adblockerswww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1428arrow-down114 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1414arrow-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 · 5 months agomessage-square83fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarealexdeathway@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-25 months agoELI5 why google won’t pull reddit on youtube API?
minus-squareAnActOfCreation@programming.devOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·5 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-up12·5 months agoBecause YouTube is embedded a lot
minus-squareAMDIsOurLord@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 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
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