[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.

  • other_cat@lemmy.zipEnglish
    3·
    4 days ago

    Android only? Desktop client stopped working last night. Did you do anything special?

    • pfr@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      Yeah Android. Desktop client (Linux flatpak) was working late into the night too. I haven’t checked again today though… will test when I get home from work