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I think you can be pretty sure that if Google doubles down on this, third party clients (as well as downloaders like yt-dlp) will stop working.
by LeoPanthera 4y ago
I think you can be pretty sure that if Google doubles down on this, third party clients (as well as downloaders like yt-dlp) will stop working.
- alwayslikethis 4y agoNot so fast, at least. IIRC youtube have contracts to keep API stable for a number of years for TV applications.
- probably_wrong 3y agoThis has already started, as I found out when my plugin for OSMC stopped working. Here's what YouTube has to say about apps: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/12318250?hl=en https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/12318250?hl=en Of course, this cat-and-mouse game has been going on since forever, so I wonder if the next step will be downloading ads and then not showing them.