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[–]package 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Legitimately ridiculous that google would get so ass mad over the mere existence of tools like youtube-dl instead of just accepting it as an inevitability and doing something like inserting ads directly into video streams so they aren't as easy to sidestep.

[–]Canbot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They aren't worried about the revenue, they are worried about the political narratives they push. They want to control information because they know that is the key to controlling people.