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jgtrosh on Feb 4, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Play audio only on YouTube and save bandwidth

I assume YouTube Vanced does the same as NewPipe which only fetches the audio in background mode

thunderarea on Feb 4, 2022 [–]

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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