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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Mothra@mander.xyz to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

I'm not too tech savvy so I appreciate responses in layman's terms.

I have a rough concept of how NewPipe works, (correct me if I'm wrong though!) basically it's a scrapper so it somehow reads the information in YouTube, anonymously, and filters the ads for you.

What I'm interested in knowing is, how does this behaviour look like from YouTube's perspective. Can the platform "tell" that someone is accessing their content but not the ads that should go before and inbetween the videos? Do these views requested by NewPipe count towards the global amount of views a video has? Do content creators still get money from youtube ads with NewPipe views? Do they also get to see engagement data from views (such as which parts are skipped)? Etc etc.

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[-] M500@lemmy.ml 13 points 11 months ago

I know that creators do not get ad revenue if you use an adblocker, so I assume it works the same way for things like free tube.

Linux tech tips has talked a bit about adblocker on YouTube and so has Louis rossman. I think they can see it

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Linus seriously thinks that adblocking is piracy. Dude is nothing but money, money, money, the customer be damned. So who cares what he thinks.

[-] Player2@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 months ago

That's not exactly what he said. If you go back, you'll see that he said he doesn't mind at all when people do it, including his own viewers. It's just that by not watching advertisements, the viewer is purposefully not paying for the content in the platform's intended way, just like you can torrent content to avoid paying someone like Netflix.

You might argue with the validity of the specific wording, but I don't think it was about him getting more money, and I'm speaking as someone who does both of the things I mentioned above.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It's 100% and categorically not like torrenting. It's a dumb argument either way. This is like saying that if you stand up to pee during a commercial break while watching cable you're not paying for the content and thus stealing. No one is entitled to have their ads watched, that idea is just egregious. But anyways, did you remember to drink your Monsterâ„¢ verification can? Otherwise you're stealing this comment and you owe me $5 for reading it.

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