[Announcement] Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads · Issue #14404 · yt-dlp/yt-dlp
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Beginning very soon, you'll need to have Deno (or another supported JavaScript runtime) installed to keep YouTube downloads working as normal. Why? Up until now, yt-dlp has been able to use its bui...

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.

  • Venia Silente@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    181·
    3 days ago

    Needing a full JS engine to run on your user account for Youtube? What are the privacy and security implications here?

    • DFX4509B@lemmy.orgOPEnglish
      12·
      3 days ago

      It’s probably more about control than security. Mandate JS, force people to watch their shit on their proprietary front-end.

      I bet ad blockers and even manually blocking related cookies in FF browsers are probably going to break the site and force Chromium browser use too.