Google Begins Testing Extension Manifest V3 in Chrome Canary

Post by appleflaxen » Mon, Nov 11, 2019, 10:59 PM UTC

MrMember wrote: post #378

woodrowbarlow wrote: post #377

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just one more reason i continue to recommend that youtube is greatly improved by signing out. none of the signin-walled "features" are worth it anyway. comments are a banal wasteland, votes mean nothing for creator visibility, subscribing doesn't mean you'll see new videos when they're released, algorithm-driven recommendations actively harm diverse content discoverability...

I don't even visit the YouTube site that often anymore. I've set up a script to use youtube-dl to download new videos from channels I like on a daily basis.

Post by colejohnson66 » Mon, Nov 11, 2019, 11:26 PM UTC

slenk wrote: post #388

pen2l wrote: post #305

This is not as terrifying to me as the other news brought to my attention by a post in today's Reddit's r/YSK, that if you use Adblock, your gmail can be closed. In the new TOS of Youtube [1], it states that if your account is not deemed commercially viable, your Google account (i.e. your Gmail, your Google Photos, your Google Drive, etc.) can be closed down: YouTube may terminate your access, or your Google account’…

Where does it say your gmail can be closed. The terms listed only say they can terminate your account access to the service, aka Youtube.

Post by kiddico » Mon, Nov 11, 2019, 11:50 PM UTC

MrMember wrote: post #398

daveidol wrote: post #395

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Can you share any more information or the source of your script? Sounds like a pretty cool idea.

It's actually really simple! Here's an example: youtube-dl --dateafter now-7days --playlist-end 10 --download-archive '/path/to/folder/downloaded.txt' -o '/path/to/folder/%(title)s.%(ext)s' -- ' https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw' You can play around with the parameters to get the behavior you want (there are tons more than I don't use), I kept it pretty simple. In my case it checks the channel…

Post by slenk » Tue, Nov 12, 2019, 12:05 AM UTC

colejohnson66 wrote: post #406

slenk wrote: post #404

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I actually found it mentioned in a different paragraph. It explicitly states your Google account. You can have your YouTube account shut down and still have an email account

The thing with markiplier a few days ago says otherwise

  Terminations and Suspensions by YouTube for Cause

  YouTube may suspend or terminate your access, _your Google account_ , or your Google account’s access to all or part of the Service if 
  (a) you materially or repeatedly breach this Agreement; 
  (b) we are required to do so to comply with a legal requirement or a court order; or 
  (c) we believe there has been conduct that creates (or could create) liability or harm to any user, other third party, YouTube or our Affiliates.

Post by colejohnson66 » Tue, Nov 12, 2019, 12:24 AM UTC

slenk wrote: post #407

colejohnson66 wrote: post #406

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The thing with markiplier a few days ago says otherwise

I don't know what a markiplier is, I am just reading the actual changes on the YouTube terms website. Terminations and Suspensions by YouTube for Cause YouTube may suspend or terminate your access, _your Google account_ , or your Google account’s access to all or part of the Service if (a) you materially or repeatedly breach this Agreement; (b) we are required to do so to comply with a legal requirement or a court or…