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by duskwuff 1087 days ago
Are you surprised that they've deployed countermeasures against patterns of abuse?
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2h 1086 days ago
how is an HLS playlist abuse?
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duskwuff 1086 days ago
It's abuse when it's being used to coordinate pirate video streams -- which, when a new user creates a HLS playlist as their very first action, is the most likely possibility.
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2h 1086 days ago
I agree, their actions are totally justified. lets just instantly ban these accounts without even a warning email. great idea.
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