Sounds like trouble for Newpipe, Sponsorblock, etc…

    • tias@discuss.tchncs.de
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      4
      ·
      edit-2
      9 months ago

      That’s conjecture, and so is my view, but I disagree. They’ve even developed specialized hardware just to deal with all the transcoding they have to do, specialized for YouTube. There’s a lot of effort that goes into maintaining things that are unique to this particular service. But in the end, what matters is if they could make more money by spending their resources elsewhere.