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Their plugin system is interesting, they embedded a V8 engine to run JavaScript to then make some api calls to the various platforms. I am 99% sure this is against each platform ToS and that they will get sued by Twitch, YouTube, etc. Especially since they are asking people to pay. But I wish they good luck!

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Is this any different from other alternate YouTube apps like NewPipe?

Newpipe scrapes the HTML, its against the ToS but harder to block.

Scrapping HTML can’t be against ToS…didn’t that judge ruled it legal to do in that case against LinkedIn?

It can be against the ToS, but ToS aren't legally enforceable in a court of law.

NewPipe is also not being sold.

Can't you use the APIs without accepting the TOS?

I’m not sure about these specific platforms, but we consume a lot of APIs at work for which we must agree to specific conditions of these APIs. That seems reasonable, otherwise the TOS cannot be enforced (because they can be ignored).

If you start using something without ever reading the ToS, did you accept it?

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