From ae283314dabbbd742a289e81519e7d6d1d05baaa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: TiA4f8R <74829229+TiA4f8R@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 17:54:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add a comment explaining subscribers count calculation

---
 .../services/peertube/extractors/PeertubeAccountExtractor.java | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/peertube/extractors/PeertubeAccountExtractor.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/peertube/extractors/PeertubeAccountExtractor.java
index 73dda98c..c8d6258c 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/peertube/extractors/PeertubeAccountExtractor.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/peertube/extractors/PeertubeAccountExtractor.java
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ public class PeertubeAccountExtractor extends ChannelExtractor {
 
     @Override
     public long getSubscriberCount() throws ParsingException {
+        // The subscriber count cannot be retrieved directly. It needs to be calculated.
+        // An accounts subscriber count is the number of the channel owner's subscriptions
+        // plus the sum of all sub channels subscriptions.
         long subscribersCount = json.getLong("followersCount");
         String accountVideoChannelUrl = baseUrl + PeertubeChannelLinkHandlerFactory.API_ENDPOINT;
         if (getId().contains(ACCOUNTS)) {