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Yikes, this takes YT videos and rehosts the audio on Anchor. I'm sure OP thought this was a nifty productivity tool, but this is also an easy way to automate content theft. I'm in the podcast biz and it's a big problem that really anyone can just download and rehost content with their own ads layered on and there's no easy way to stop them.

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> I'm in the podcast biz and it's a big problem that really anyone can just download and rehost content with their own ads layered on and there's no easy way to stop them.

How often does this happen in practice and how does it happen? It's not like I google for a podcast each time I want to listen to the new episode and might get sucked into a fake search results with different ads. I add a feed to my podcast app and never touch it again (and I'm adding from a curated podcast catalogue, read: official podcasts only). Maybe if you were trolling for an ad-free feed you might find something but I've never seen what you are describing in the wild.

Honestly, no idea. There's no easy way to police it. We've only ever caught one perp and it was just from someone tweeting at us about it. Yes, platforms like Apple and Spotify will generally try to keep copycats out of their catalogs, but since RSS feeds can come from anywhere, it's pretty easy to setup a fake feed and findable in Google.

You have a valid point. It can see how this tool can be used with malicious intent.

I built it for a local learning organization that streams their lectures on YouTube. They approached me to help them get their content over to podcast. The tool did the job and eliminated many hours of tedious manual work

I'm curious what your workflow is like? How do YouTube content creators get their content over to podcasts?

I have yet to find a working paid service that does it

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