[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 the JavaScript runtime Deno installed to keep YouTube downloads working as normal. Why? Up until now, yt-dlp has been able to use its built-in JavaScript "i...

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.

    • carrylex@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      21 hours ago

      Get this: YT will not be working on any known/popular VPN without signing in because it will always display: “Sign in to confirm that you’re not a bot”

      This behavior is also completely unrelated to the above mentioned issue and is unchanged for a very long time.

      • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
        2·
        4 hours ago

        I’m watching YouTube using new pipe, and free tube, on a VPN, right now. It works right now. So I don’t know what this very long time you’re referring to is