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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 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 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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[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Nebula never works well for me. The seeking and tracking causes endless buffering, and sometimes not even a hard refresh fixes this. Their site is just so buggy but when it works, at least it works decently well.

[–] SeeFerns@programming.dev 9 points 1 week ago

Weird, it works fine for me. Both the site and and app.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I've used it for a year now on Linux, Android and Windows with no problems at all. Maybe something else is causing your issues.

[–] Micans@reddthat.com 1 points 1 week ago

I have never used the website, but the app has always worked really well for me.