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.
IDK really.
I don’t dislike it in a “this is terrible technology and no one should be doing it” kind of a way. Just in a “I feel a bit icky about this” kind of way.
There must be privacy considerations right? Do I really want everyone to know what videos I’m watching?
Also, do I really want my client to be providing n upstream connections grinding away at my battery?
They’ve probably long since solved this I guess but in the early days firefox wasn’t supported ?
I just… don’t feel like this is the solution to the cost of delivering content.