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The best YouTube downloaders, and how Google silenced the press

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494 points Leftium | 1 comments | 19 Sep 25 12:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.301s | source
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tantalor ◴[19 Sep 25 20:16 UTC] No.45306033[source]▶
> Google has now covered its tracks better -- there’s nothing about “Google Product Abuse” in its current AdSense policies.

In other (less biased) words: These old rules were rescinded haven't been enforced since 2012 (last example cited). This article was written in 2025 and still complaining about something that isn't happening anymore.

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1. loehnsberg ◴[20 Sep 25 11:13 UTC] No.45312295[source]▶
It‘s still a stark abuse of power and borderline extortion by Google to use a private sentencing mechanism rather than dragging the purpetrator to public court over advertising and/or encouraging criminal activity, which may or may not have happened if Google Ads and Youtube were not part of the same monopolistic entity.