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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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[–] 22 points 1 year ago (5 children)

As someone who is listening to a video on NewPipe as I type this very comment, no they did not

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

    Came here to say this after giving it 24 hours in case it was just lucky timing

    However, now if I try to watch a YT vid in Firefox, I get the "Oops something went wrong" right when the Ad should have popped up

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    I've gotten that occasionally, it usually fixes with a refresh. Was it persistent for you?

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

    yeap... happened again after the refresh

    I had almost given up on youtube since they blank out your home if you do not allow them to track history so this may have started a bit back. I only went on it because someone sent me a link and I just opened it directly... all in all, just another reason to not use YouTube

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Haha I actually love having a blank Home (and especially blank Shorts) since as it has significantly moderated excessive YT use for me. I’m honestly surprised that was their course of action as it ultimately had reduced my use of the app.

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