I essentially built the same thing for myself (music player that combines/searches multiple sources, use youtube-dl server to stream optimized mp3 only), I had to skip app store and sideload it.
This clearly violates YouTube TOS and Brave knows it, I wonder what’s their plan is.
What I am not clear about is why Brave would be subject to YouTube’s TOC.
>5.2.3 Audio/Video Downloading: Apps should not facilitate illegal file sharing or include the ability to save, convert, or download media from third-party sources (e.g. Apple Music, YouTube, SoundCloud, Vimeo, etc.) without explicit authorization from those sources.
Google never allowed alternative YouTube clients that had this exact feature set on the play store.
The YouTube ToS clearly says players shouldn’t play audio without video (aka background audio).
Does scrapping via youtube-dl make it legal?
Plus, it needs almost weekly updates to function because Google (my guess!) intentionally breaks some API slightly, just to make this sort of thing more difficult.
The DOJ needs to break apart Apple. If not the DOJ, then Epic's court case.
Apple literally became the monster in their 1984 commercial.
Sure, the current situation isn’t what I’d want either, but this line of thought makes no sense.
Of course Google will protect their copyright. That doesn't mean Apple should prevent video download software from being on their platform. There are an unlimited number of legitimate uses for it.
The disrespect and hubris Apple has to control the behavior of its users is astounding.