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My guess is that they want to stop bots from creating Google accounts once and for all. I don’t see them putting DRM on YouTube. That would break every app ever
by pkulak 3y ago
My guess is that they want to stop bots from creating Google accounts once and for all. I don’t see them putting DRM on YouTube. That would break every app everywhere, and many of them can never be updated. Most could never be updated to this scheme.
- peteforde 3y agoI remember when it was common to release third-party Twitter clients and bots were considered first-class citizens. Large companies are far less uptight about breaking ecosystems that you might think. I say this as a former VB6 developer.