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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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[–] fodor@lemmy.zip 26 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Android is different because there are no alternatives to cellphones except Apple. On the web, there are other ways to share video. So Google can maybe lock YouTube down, but it can't lock you down.

Many of us use 3rd party browsers a stop-gap measure. We'd like to leave the platform entirely, but we are still interested in some of the content there, so we're OK with the cat-and-mouse game for now, knowing that if Google goes hardcore blocking mode that we will walk away and be better human beings for it.

[–] DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 8 points 1 week ago (6 children)

You got Linux phones but those are rough to be nice about it.

[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

What makes it the "best" over Ubuntu Touch, etc.?

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