• @AgreeableLandscape
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    10 months ago

    Depends on your country and how it handles copyright and DRM, but being illegal doesn’t necessarily mean it’s immoral. The mere concept of watching or downloading YouTube videos through an alternative client certainly does not keep me up at night with guilt.

  • @sexy_peach@feddit.de
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    510 months ago

    They probably don’t have enough users for yt to care. Also they often change their api and stuff so newpipe and ty-dlp don’t work for a while, until the next update :)

    I don’t see how it can be illegal to use a website through a program instead of a browser.

    • Kai KlostermannOP
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      010 months ago

      @sexy_peach Yeah, don’t get me wrong. Not that I agree with it being illegal or forbidden, I’m just curious.
      Isn’t there likely something in the TOx?

      • @saba
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        410 months ago

        If you don’t sign up for a google account, then you’re not agreeing to any terms and you can still use the site, right?

  • @MajesticFlame@lemmy.one
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    10 months ago

    As I understand it, it is legal and it would be very difficult to make it not legal for youtube.

    Basically, as long as these just forward the video from youtube without making copies, it is not copyright infringement. That only leaves the user agreement, which is limited in what it can do (it is not a properly signed contract).

    PS: They could put a stop to it by requiring registering before watching videos but that could cost them more normal users than it gained.