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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 Goog
by 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 agoPrimarily 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.