minus-squareGravitywell@sh.itjust.workstoPiracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Youtube seems to be blocking access to a seriously large amount of publicly listed videoslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoAPIs are the compromise that sites have to make if they dont want the much more reasource heavy scrapping methods used. The most they could do is rate limit IP addresses, and that doesbt work too well when jts individual users who can just request a new IP any time linkfedilink
APIs are the compromise that sites have to make if they dont want the much more reasource heavy scrapping methods used.
The most they could do is rate limit IP addresses, and that doesbt work too well when jts individual users who can just request a new IP any time