[yyyk]

NewPipe is technically no different than using a web browser which isn't Google's to browse YouTube, and that's still allowed. If Google wants to turn YouTube into a closed garden, they can go ahead - I can think of no better move to spur competition.

[paulddraper]

It's not though, according to the terms of service

[yyyk]

What ToS has NewPipe been violating? I've read the ToS[0] and it seems that NewPipe is perfectly complaint.

It accesses YouTube via "the video playback pages of the Website" so it satisfies 5.1 article C. I don't see any limitation to using browsers there.

Indeed, article H strongly implies that it is allowed to use non-browser software to access these pages - otherwise spiders and robots would be banned and there would be no point to the request limit in that article.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms

[paulddraper]

I believe the most relevant section is 4.F.

> If you use the Embeddable Player on your website, you may not modify, build upon, or block any portion or functionality of the Embeddable Player, including but not limited to links back to the YouTube website.

[yyyk]

5.1. Article G? NewPipe isn't a website, so this shouldn't apply.