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Random cynical thought -- they noticed because the automated testing was bumping up the # of views on those streams, so their members were being forced to pay r
by jasonjayr 6y ago
Random cynical thought -- they noticed because the automated testing was bumping up the # of views on those streams, so their members were being forced to pay royalties on views that were not real ...
- bigbubba 6y agoDoes use of youtube-dl to download videos from youtube really bump the view count? I have assumed that it doesn't, since it probably isn't passing whatever systems youtube has for addressing 'view count fraud'.
- jasonjayr 6y agoI haven't tested, so I couldn't tell you. I imagine as YT's anti-download measures get more intense, the more yt-dl has to behave like a real browser, including ticking up the view count.