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-square12fedilinkarrow-up130
arrow-up130message-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-square12fedilink
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours agoThat was just an example. There’s all sorts of automated traffic that shouldn’t count as a view. A human loading the page but not actually playing the video (like if they disable auto playing of videos) shouldn’t count as a view either.
That was just an example. There’s all sorts of automated traffic that shouldn’t count as a view. A human loading the page but not actually playing the video (like if they disable auto playing of videos) shouldn’t count as a view either.