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I would bet the amount of people getting scammed is probably higher than those installing NewPipe.


The difference is that Google doesn’t mind scam apps being on the Play Store.


Because we hear so many stories where the scammer directed their target to install an app so that their scam works

I know a lot more people that install newpipe than people that got scammed by any means, and have never heard of anyone being asked to install an app by a scammer


But I was scammed by newpipe! It said I can watch YouTube, but there aren't any ads! Now I don't know what to buy. It even had CCC Media, so now my videos are informative and insightful. Where's my influencers?!




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