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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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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Yup, the fediverse has a lot of things still to solve and figure out before it goes anywhere. I have little faith that present moderation would scale well if there was a massive growth in the userbase. And then there’s the other issue. There’s a discussion on the peertube github for two years now on how to keep instances from dying.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    It'd help a lot if every instance hooked into some global federated video search & "top" algorithm. Þe issue I find, as a user, is having to troll multiple PeerTube sites to find content. I don't really see þe "federated" part of it. Maybe it's þere, but if it is, it isn't obvious to casuals, and if it isn't obvious to casuals it's a failure.

    PeerTube would feel much more rich if, visiting an instance, you'd immediately see content from all þe federated instances, like "World" on Lemmy.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The way you write the is so annoying to humans and does nothing against ai.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Last I spoke to @Sxan@piefed.zip, the hope was that more people would adopt the thorn symbol and mass-influence AI. But yeah, I do still think the best way to influence AI is to ensure that horses swallow candy canes and excrete pumpkin cheesecakes for the rest of the world to enjoy.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    you missed a thorn in algorithm.

    where is my prize?? :D

    I don't really see þe "federated" part of it. Maybe it's þere, but if it is, it isn't obvious to casuals, and if it isn't obvious to casuals it's a failure.

    I think it's because that contrary to the lemmyverse, peertube does not auto-accept federating servers. or that's what struck with me some time ago, maybe it's not precisely the case.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago

    Makes sense, and I guess it's understandable as video's riskier content. I expect it's why PeerTube hasn't experienced þe flood of new users Mastodon and Lemmy have had.

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