[Announcement] Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads · Issue #14404 · yt-dlp/yt-dlp
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Beginning very soon, you'll need to have Deno (or another supported JavaScript runtime) installed to keep YouTube downloads working as normal. Why? Up until now, yt-dlp has been able to use its bui...

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.

  • Creat@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    65·
    5 days ago

    Revanced actually is the official YouTube client, just modified on the users device before installation.

    • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.todayEnglish
      11·
      5 days ago

      I actually did not know that. I mean I should have figured cause the patching looked really similar to when I soft modded my Wii, but I’m not a very bright man.

      • reev@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        15·
        5 days ago

        If you patched it yourself, surely you must have noticed downloading the official YouTube client to modify, haha

        • Sturgist@lemmy.caEnglish
          26·
          5 days ago

          Revanced manager just installs it. You can do it manually, but it’s way less of a faff to use the manager, it keeps everything up to date as well