The reason why yt makes 4k behind a paywall because streaming in that resolution hurts their revenue, now does watching in newpipe do the same or I’ll just drain my battery faster
The reason why yt makes 4k behind a paywall because streaming in that resolution hurts their revenue, now does watching in newpipe do the same or I’ll just drain my battery faster
There aren’t currently enough people using tools like NewPipe for you watching in 4K to hurt YouTube’s revenue, which I’d say is what they deserve anyway. Also, it’s not like they’ll really notice.
Besides, exactly how would it hurt their revenue?
You don’t watch the ads, you don’t get tracked besides some obvious IP tracking. These two things are the whole point Google maintains the service, you know
I know, but as I understand it, few enough people actually use these alternatives that it doesn’t really matter.
I disagree: enough people use youtube-dl and Invidious so Youtube’s legal team actually bothered to reach out to those projects. Let’s take a look at some stats: