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by makomk 4779 days ago
Actually, I suspect that it might mainly be the video download functionality that's made Google pissed off. They've mostly turned a blind eye to blocking ads on YouTube - there's even extensions on the Chrome Web Store specifically advertised as YouTube ad blockers - but they're really aggressive towards YouTube downloader software. (Though they're probably less willing to turn a blind eye in general when platform owners like Microsoft do it.)