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Google to soon break yt-dlp; full JavaScript implementation is now required
- busymom0 1y agoDirect link to yt-dlp's announcement: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14404 https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14404
- rolph 1y agoad nauseum, unless google plans on deleting youtube, they have the impossible task of letting people watch videos, but also preventing that. streaming is downloading by another name. once you download data into an other machines buffer, the only real obstacle to treating it like any other structure is, trust me bro, i wont copy it and concatenate it to a persistent file.
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- cyanydeez 1y agoWe are already promised an AI to experience everything for us and the paradox that we are suppose to also pay for that. Google cant both have an AI and lock down media.
- like_any_other 1y agoThey couldn't kill VCRs with legislation, so they're making record-keeping impossible with technology instead.
- toomuchtodo 1y agoYt-dlp: Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45358980 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45358980 - September 2025