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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 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 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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[–] communism@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Yeah have been using https://inv.nadeko.net/ as FreeTube broke for me. Unfortunately there seems to be some kind of bandwidth throttling as I'm getting 720p videos only (my internet is fine for 1080p and I was getting 1080p on FreeTube).

[–] Fijxu@programming.dev 8 points 2 days ago

The limit is 1080p, because there is just a lot of traffic. Allowing more than that, will lower the capacity of people that can watch at the same time

[–] alecsargent@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Can't you just set inv.nadeko.net as the default instance? I thought Freetube was an invidious client, no?

[–] communism@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

No, FreeTube is its own thing, but it can fall back to an invidious instance. Idk why it fails for me with inv.nadeko.net as my default instance though.

[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

Have you made an account? I think doing so makes a new "watch-id" that gets around the throttling.