YouTube has revealed (via TechCruch) that it would soon start adding a watermark to Shorts that creators download from their accounts before sharing it to other platforms.
YouTube’s new watermarks for Shorts are here to discourage cross-posting to TikTok and Instagram – androidpolice.com
Scrolling through your social media feed and encountering TikToks cross-posted to Instagram as Reels (before eventually, everything ends up on YouTube) isn’t exactly something out of the ordinary. Sure, maybe you’ve already seen the creator’s work on its original platform, but users in general don’t seem to mind the repetition.
Link: YouTube’s new watermarks for Shorts are here to discourage cross-posting to TikTok and Instagram
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