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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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by 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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[–] [S] 18 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

For now, it's probably going to break at some point too. Invidious, FreeTube, and Grayjay are all screwed atm, and yt-dlp can be fixed by installing Deno and the PyPi version of that front-end though.

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  • [–] 65 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Revanced actually is the official YouTube client, just modified on the users device before installation.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I actually did not know that. I mean I should have figured cause the patching looked really similar to when I soft modded my Wii, but I'm not a very bright man.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    If you patched it yourself, surely you must have noticed downloading the official YouTube client to modify, haha

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