Ok, but the only action George needs to perform on it is to not write a book. I don’t even need a computer to do that.

Why? I feel like a browser is something you’d definitely want to keep up to date for security reasons if given the option.

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I don’t actually know for sure, but I’d imagine it still gives a view the same way watching an embedded video gives a view.

No, because piped is still loading the video from YouTube and retains all of the info for the creator’s channel from YouTube. The only real downside for the creator would be that if you normally watch YouTube without adblock then the channel isn’t getting your ad revenue since piped doesn’t have any ads.

I just learned about dihydrogen monoxide and I’m NEVER drinking water again.