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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/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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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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[–] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] [S] 12 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    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.

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