Why?

you can also use GrayJay (discovered it today)

Yes youtube inner api is a public server, even with a domain name, and there’s nothing blocking it, no authentication. Some people say it’s against youtube api ToS but they shouldonly apply to their official api. Now in court you are never sure whay they’ll do

Would be weird if it was right. The youtube inner api doesn’t need an account, it’s the one that generates pages when you search on youtube or start video player

How does it happen?

I thought it’s applied to both

They have a github thread for it https://github.com/AntennaPod/AntennaPod/issues/4159

Problem is that we don’t know how long the ads take, we need to look how sponsor block will handle youtube new ads

I am developing a podcast app and I can’t prevent it either

What is it ?

Yes