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YouTube has broken youtube-dl multiple times (a lot). It's a cat and mouse situation. Ultimately YouTube could start properly DRM-ing all their streams. If you
by Mindwipe 9y ago
YouTube has broken youtube-dl multiple times (a lot). It's a cat and mouse situation.
Ultimately YouTube could start properly DRM-ing all their streams. If you watch a film you've bought from Google Play via YouTube it is protected by Widevine DRM, and youtube-dl fails.
It seems like YouTube feel it's cheaper at the moment to try and frustrate downloading this way, but if they ever feel like it's a lost cause they'll just pull the Widevine lever.