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Google just broke all third-party YT clients, including yt-dlp; a full JS implementation is now required. (github.com)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.org/post/1872634

So, starting now, Google started mandating full JS for YT, effectively breaking all third-party clients and locking the site to their official client.

This reeks of DRM.

UPDATE: Installing Deno and installing yt-dlp through PyPi fixes yt-dlp but the very idea that Google is mandating JS to lock down YT in an attempt at pseudo-DRM is still crappy.

UPDATE #2: inv.nadeko.net is working again for now.

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[–] [S] 2 points 10 months ago

Even music commentary videos that were previously fine started getting dinged and having certain parts muted as a result, even if they're in Fair Use otherwise because Fair Use is dead and buried on YT and has been for years.

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