We would like to express our gratitude to <ahref="https://thatsciencephile.com/">LuanRT</a>, "a space nerd, programmer, and hobbyist astrophotographer from Brazil". LuanRT made a significant effort to research YouTube's latest technical mechanism called BotGuard and to document its behavior, which they made public on their <ahref="https://github.com/LuanRT/BgUtils/"><code>BgUtils</code> repository on GitHub</a>. This documentation and their active participation in internal communication channels have been extremely helpful when working on the latest version of NewPipe, <ahref="https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/releases/tag/v0.27.6">v0.27.6</a> (blog post pending), which contains an implementation that benefits much from their work.
In recognition of these contributions, NewPipe e.V.'s <ahref="./2025-02-08_5th_plenum.html">5th assembly</a> decided to provide LuanRT with a small financial contribution, as a humble token of appreciation, in the name of TeamNewPipe and all of NewPipe's users. We encourage you to do the same independently of us, through their <ahref="https://github.com/sponsors/LuanRT/">GitHub sponsor</a> or their <ahref="https://ko-fi.com/luanrt">Ko-Fi</a> page.