Jun 10, 2023 at 11:00 AM YouTube legal team asked Invidious developers to take down the service within 7 days
YouTube's legal team has demanded that Invidious, the free and open source privacy-focused YouTube frontend, cease offering their client within seven days. The legal team emailed Invidious stating that they had recently become aware of the service and that it appeared to be in violation of the YouTube API Services Terms of Service and Developer Policies.
In response, the project manager of the Invidious project replied on GitHub that they never agreed to any of YouTube's Terms of Services or Policies, and that Invidious doesn't use YouTube's API to fetch and display the videos. He added that “Things will continue normally until they can't anymore.”, implying that they're not going to comply with YouTube legal team's request.
Invidious is a free and open source alternative to the YouTube website that allows users to watch YouTube videos without being tracked by Google. It was created as a response to YouTube's data collection practices, which many users find invasive.
The future of Invidious remains uncertain, but it is clear that the project's developers are committed to protecting the privacy of their users. As the project manager stated on GitHub, “Assume it's just the start. Assume they'll ask GitHub to takedown the repos. Assume the team won't be able to work on Invidious. You know what you have to do. May Invidious live and prosper, with, or without us.”
- YouTube Client
- Free • Open Source
awesome step by Invidious!
Assume the team won't be able to work on Invidious.
Lol. It's time for someone to check out Alternativeto..
Come one Google! This is terrible!
Oh, god. This is very bad.
No, it can't be! Invidious is coming to an end! Wait can you still use Piped?
Reply written Jun 11, 2023
Proper stance by Invidious developers.