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[–] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Louis explains this is so they can take down malicious actors who would take the source code, load it up with ads, trackers, and malware, then post it on an app store like some people did for newpipe in the google play store. He has no problem with you modifying the code for yourself.

https://youtu.be/5DePDzfyWkw

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