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I think you have it backwards. Google is very much on the same side as RIAA in this case. Youtube-dl is simply too convenient for avoiding the ads.

jdashg 6y ago
Does your ad blocker not already remove the ads?
- _jjkk 6y ago
  If google et al. could spin a legal case against adblockers, they would. The strategy here is just to use the legal bludgeon whenever it's possible.
  - pipythonmc 6y ago
    uBlock Origin blocks youtube ads and is still on the chrome web store. Is it really that hard for google to take it down?
    - _jjkk 6y ago
      IMO there's a risk of upsetting the Chrome monopoly and driving users away if they do it in such a heavy handed way. Also, they would either have to completely neuter their Extensions, or else constantly battle people submitting new adblockers in the same spirit as uBlock. But if every browser slowly adopts Chromium engine (the worrying trend), then they can make a move against adblockers and competing browsers would have to scramble to remake a competing browser engine to do anything about it.
- Drdrdrq 6y ago
  It won't be able to once Youtube embeds ads in the videos (which is step 2).
iameli 6y ago
I dunno. Every Youtuber I know makes use of Youtube-dl (or related projects) extensively because many of them don't maintain archives of their own content and Youtube's built-in tools for downloading stuff back from them are terrible.
- tracerbulletx 6y ago
  All the better for Youtube to control their content creators more.
- intricatedetail 6y ago
  You do subject request under GDPR and they have to give you all your data.
  - iameli 6y ago
    I doubt that includes every transcoded rendition of every one of your videos. And I don't think they probably store source videos in the original format in most cases? Hard to say for sure.
    - gundmc 6y ago
      Youtube used to store original files without even checking that it was a video. This allowed some enterprising individuals to create a YouTube file system. I'm sure that has changed by now.
  - jlokier 6y ago
    Under GDPR I believe they only have to give you "Personally Identifiable Information" (PII), aka "any piece of information that relates to an identifiable person". It seems likely that some YouTube content does not fall under that category.
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jdashg 6y ago

Does your ad blocker not already remove the ads?

_jjkk 6y ago
If google et al. could spin a legal case against adblockers, they would. The strategy here is just to use the legal bludgeon whenever it's possible.
- pipythonmc 6y ago
  uBlock Origin blocks youtube ads and is still on the chrome web store. Is it really that hard for google to take it down?
  - _jjkk 6y ago
    IMO there's a risk of upsetting the Chrome monopoly and driving users away if they do it in such a heavy handed way. Also, they would either have to completely neuter their Extensions, or else constantly battle people submitting new adblockers in the same spirit as uBlock. But if every browser slowly adopts Chromium engine (the worrying trend), then they can make a move against adblockers and competing browsers would have to scramble to remake a competing browser engine to do anything about it.
Drdrdrq 6y ago
It won't be able to once Youtube embeds ads in the videos (which is step 2).

iameli 6y ago

I dunno. Every Youtuber I know makes use of Youtube-dl (or related projects) extensively because many of them don't maintain archives of their own content and Youtube's built-in tools for downloading stuff back from them are terrible.

tracerbulletx 6y ago
All the better for Youtube to control their content creators more.
intricatedetail 6y ago
You do subject request under GDPR and they have to give you all your data.
- iameli 6y ago
  I doubt that includes every transcoded rendition of every one of your videos. And I don't think they probably store source videos in the original format in most cases? Hard to say for sure.
  - gundmc 6y ago
    Youtube used to store original files without even checking that it was a video. This allowed some enterprising individuals to create a YouTube file system. I'm sure that has changed by now.
- jlokier 6y ago
  Under GDPR I believe they only have to give you "Personally Identifiable Information" (PII), aka "any piece of information that relates to an identifiable person". It seems likely that some YouTube content does not fall under that category.

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