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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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[–] 19 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Beginning very soon, you'll need to have the JavaScript runtime Deno installed to keep YouTube downloads working as normal.

if only you could read 😔

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  • [–] 117 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Well the title claims that Youtube just broke third party clients, so you sorta expect the clients to be broken. Shit title

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  • [+] -42 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Read past headlines

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

    How much into the past are we talking about?

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