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		sigmar on Nov 4, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NewPipe – Lightweight YouTube experience for Andro... iirc it loads the page as if it were a browser, then scrapes and downloads the video.

alok-g on Nov 5, 2023 [–]

What prevents YouTube from sending ad and the actual video in a single video download/stream?

master-lincoln on Nov 5, 2023 | [–]

Probably the cost of creating that stream realtime while ads spots are being bidded on

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