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> I have a feeling Google/Alphabet/YouTube aren't investing a lot of money into this, because they know their opponents have almost infinite resource, of free t
by brucethemoose2 3y ago
> I have a feeling Google/Alphabet/YouTube aren't investing a lot of money into this, because they know their opponents have almost infinite resource, of free time and dedication.
They aren't investing because its a CLI tool. Its not really a threat.
If it was, like, a "1 click download free music from Youtube!" app that was trending like crazy, Google would focus more on fighting it.
The project is balanced between reasonable accessibility and not drawing too much attention from Google. Its kinda like the AI Wars video game, where you undermine a distracted/disenterested AI without drawing too much of its attention.
- f33d5173 3y agoThere are many websites that provide exactly that function. I suspect most of them are based yt-dl{,p}. By killing cli tools, google can effectively stifle such websites as well.
- brucethemoose2 3y agoBut they are too sporadic to become popular.
- yellowapple 3y agoNot even just websites. There are many browser extensions that provide exactly that function right in YouTube's web interface.
- chasil 3y agoWell, I really hope that they don't hear about Skytube. Google, close your eyes! https://f-droid.org/en/packages/free.rm.skytube.oss/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/free.rm.skytube.oss/ Bad Google! No dividends for you!
- brucethemoose2 3y agoIts not on Google Play, so no worries about mass proliferation.
- account42 3y agoOther programs can use CLI tools so the poor users don't have to be confronted with the horror that is a terminal emulator. For example, mpv uses youtube-dl automatically if you give it a URL (or yt-dlp since it installs the same binary).