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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 1 day 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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[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

The day smart tube next stops working is the day i stop using youtube. I will NEVER watch a shitty youtube ad and I'm sure as shit not paying google any money whatsoever.

[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 5 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

What I don't understand. Like, they know people hate shitty ads.

If they had like, literally any level of vetting on the ads, people might actually watch them. But its all fucking scams or podcasts of lies pretending to be ads etc.

I know it costs money to have people but sales people serve a purpose.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 15 hours ago

They have a bank of companies that are paying to have their ads shown.

The companies dictate who they want to market to.

Google originally pitched scanning your things for relvant ads and delivered on it, but that's not where the money is at.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 4 points 19 hours ago

It's so weird hearing about YouTube ads. I can't recall ever seeing one. I know one day they're going to finally ruin it and I won't be able to consume it any more, an event I try to prepare for, but I haven't really done anything special to avoid ads except all the stuff you have to do just to be secure on the web in the first place. Like just using librewolf out of the box works fine?

[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

I'm gonna start listening to podcasts, they're more informative and less bandwidth heavy anyway.