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+[submodule "app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor"]
+	path = app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor
+	url = git@github.com:TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor.git
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor
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+Subproject commit 9005105e5244b107e5a0c2a0653d2db37609cf1e