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by thunderarea 5y ago
You are right. This extension for the time being is not available for Android but I have in my plans to create a similar app
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by thunderarea 5y ago
Right. "NewPipe does not use the official YouTube API, but instead scrapes the website for video and meta-data such as likes, dislikes, and views.". So it can do it. If they used the YouTube API this would not permitted.
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by thunderarea 5y ago
And thats the answer from Google: "Hello Developer, Thank you for reaching out to us. We apologize for the inconvenience caused in this matter. Upon a subsequent review, we found that your item with ID : “abbpaepbpakcpipajigmlpnhlnbe
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by thunderarea 5y ago
This is what the program policy for the extensions say: "An extension must have a single purpose that is narrow and easy-to-understand. Do not create an extension that requires users to accept bundles of unrelated functionality. If two
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by thunderarea 5y ago
Are you sure that it blocks the video? I think that just plays the video in the background
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by thunderarea 5y ago
No. This is one of the main features of the Premium YouTube
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by thunderarea 5y ago
In addition, since I am the creator of this extension I had a similar problem in the past. Chrome Web Store had rejected one version of my extension with the explanation that the adblocker function is irrelevant to the main purpose of the e
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by thunderarea 5y ago
Yes. The extension block the video URLs and keeps only the audio ones that sets them as source in the video
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by thunderarea 5y ago
why? What is the difference?
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by thunderarea 5y ago
This is a possible scenario. But there are many ad blockers out there with millions of users and they continue to be accepted by the Google
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by thunderarea 5y ago
This extension uses the ability that Chrome Extension API gives to block some URLs. So it blocks the video and keeps only the audio since the YouTube serves them in separate files
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by thunderarea 5y ago
https://developers.google.com/youtube/terms/developer-polici... You and your API Clients must not, and must not encourage, enable, or require others to: ... separate, isolate, or modify the audio or video componen
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by thunderarea 5y ago
Yes of course. But it is not permitted by the API policy
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by thunderarea 5y ago
If you have a slow connection, or you want to hide NSFW content on YouTube there is Music Mode for YouTube™ a Chrome extension that blocks the video and plays only the audio on YouTube and YouTube Music. Additionally, it skips the ads and h
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Play audio only on YouTube and save bandwidth(chrome.google.com)
83 points by thunderarea 5y ago|91 comments
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Music Mode for Youtube(chrome.google.com)
8 points by thunderarea 7y ago|0 comments