Google to Soon Break Yt-Dlp; Full Javascript Implementation Is Now Required

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Google is planning to break third-party YouTube clients like yt-dlp by requiring a full JavaScript implementation, sparking concerns about copyright and digital rights management.

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rolph

3 months ago

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ad nauseum, unless google plans on deleting youtube, they have the impossible task of letting people watch videos, but also preventing that.

streaming is downloading by another name. once you download data into an other machines buffer, the only real obstacle to treating it like any other structure is, trust me bro, i wont copy it and concatenate it to a persistent file.

cyanydeez

3 months ago

We are already promised an AI to experience everything for us and the paradox that we are suppose to also pay for that.

Google cant both have an AI and lock down media.

like_any_other

3 months ago

They couldn't kill VCRs with legislation, so they're making record-keeping impossible with technology instead.

busymom0Author

3 months ago

Direct link to yt-dlp's announcement:

https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14404

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