Searching Within YouTube Channels Requires Scrubbing Videos
Users who follow long-form YouTube content (podcasts, livestreams) have no efficient way to retrieve specific quotes or timestamps after watching. Existing tools like Gemini are inaccurate, and Chrome extensions create friction. This forces manual re-scrubbing through hours of content to relocate information.
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