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I have YT Premium and if Google bans yt-dlp, I will cancel my subscription. I pay them not to do that.

• lerp-io 1y ago
  you show them who’s boss, premium user
• phoronixrly 1y ago
  Seems quite naive to think they'd be affected in any way by the tiny intersection of users that are both yt-dlp users and premium subscribers boycotting them...
  • renegat0x0 1y ago
    I think it is not about making a change, it is putting money where your mouth is. To buy premium to support creators. Once yt becomes hostile the deal between me and yt is off.
  • js8 1y ago
    If every user of yt-dlp did as I do, then it would have exactly the effect that it needs to have. If yt-dlp is used by a small minority of users, why would Google be antagonistic to it? And if it's used by sizeable portion of users, then they would care.
    • majormajor 1y ago
      > If yt-dlp is used by a small minority of users, why would Google be antagonistic to it? The concern is likely that if they let it become too easy the small minority becomes a large majority and the ad business becomes unsustainable. Consider the ease and adoption of newsgroups in the early 90s vs Napster/Limewire later and the effect that had on revenues.
    • Mindwipe 1y ago
      Primarily because they contractually promised the music industry they'd do everything they can to prevent tools that allow the downloading of copyrighted music from the service.