NONE@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoIf a YouTube video is watched using a frontend such as Newpipe or Indivious, does it count as a view for the video? Why or why not?message-squaremessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down13
arrow-up164arrow-down1message-squareIf a YouTube video is watched using a frontend such as Newpipe or Indivious, does it count as a view for the video? Why or why not?NONE@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square23linkfedilink
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoI’m pretty sure YouTube randomly “fuzzes” the public view count of videos specifically to prevent this kind of research.
I’m pretty sure YouTube randomly “fuzzes” the public view count of videos specifically to prevent this kind of research.