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Looks like Youtube is fucking things up again, @newpipe

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's not because of normal users, it's because of AI companies. Whatever open tools are developed to circumvent tracking are immediately also being used to suck up all data for training material.

These companies use residential proxies to circumvent normal scraping detection. False positives are collateral damage to them.