NONE@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 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-square11fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down11
arrow-up129arrow-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 Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squaredanAlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoYouTube only counts a view if it’s longer than 30 seconds, but clients like Newpipe don’t send the tracking data to Google for them to track this.
YouTube only counts a view if it’s longer than 30 seconds, but clients like Newpipe don’t send the tracking data to Google for them to track this.