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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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[–] 53 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Google doing everything they can to anger everyone.

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

    I cancelled YT Premium after paying pretty much since Google Music was a thing. The price keeps going up ($14/month now here in the US), and Lite is meh even for the discounted price (e.g. no background play I think?).

    They just keep building the wall higher and higher, while they survive only because creators keep filling it with content. Nobody is watching "YouTube Originals" or their first party content. YouTube exists solely because of third party creators.

    Not only that but I can survive with Brave or Firefox with UBO or whatever. It's not that hard to avoid the ads, even if it's a little inconvenient vs being able to use the app.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    If you're using your phone, definitely check out YouTube revanced. Or if on a tv check out Smart tube next. No ads, sponsor block baked in. It's all the perks of premium (plus more) without the cons of supporting an evil company

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  • [+] -7 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    It’s annoying but I guess they’re just evolving their anti spam mechanisms, which shouldn’t surprise anyone.

    JS is one of the most popular scripting languages anyway so having it as a requirement shouldn’t hinder anyone.

    And not to throw shade at the people who designed yt-dlp, but designing a tool to “scrap” the content of an evolving platform in a different language (with different tooling etc) than the one said platform is expecting to be consumed by might have been a mistake

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    anti spam? on the video player? you cannot think is seriously.

    JS is one of the most popular scripting languages anyway so having it as a requirement shouldn’t hinder anyone.

    except any of the clients that care about not running whatever untrusted google code in an unrestricted environment.

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