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.

  • SereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.one
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    5 days ago

    It has never worked for me. Always within minutes of an update or install, videos stop buffering and the whole thing is bricked.

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        5 days ago

        Yeah I don’t update ReVanced either until the google puts up a nag screen complaining about ending support for that particular version. Never had a problem.

    • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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      5 days ago

      Well I watched a couple videos, went to pick up some meds, and watched a few shorts in the drive thru.

      But I am on Android and followed the instructions closely just a few days ago.