[Announcement] Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads · Issue #14404 · yt-dlp/yt-dlp
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Beginning very soon, you'll need to have Deno (or another supported JavaScript runtime) installed to keep YouTube downloads working as normal. Why? Up until now, yt-dlp has been able to use its bui...

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.org/post/1872634

So, starting now, Google started mandating full JS for YT, effectively breaking all third-party clients and locking the site to their official client.

This reeks of DRM.

UPDATE: Installing Deno and installing yt-dlp through PyPi fixes yt-dlp but the very idea that Google is mandating JS to lock down YT in an attempt at pseudo-DRM is still crappy.

UPDATE #2: inv.nadeko.net is working again for now.

    • CommanderCloon@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      It’s annoying but I guess they’re just evolving their anti spam mechanisms, which shouldn’t surprise anyone.

      JS is one of the most popular scripting languages anyway so having it as a requirement shouldn’t hinder anyone.

      And not to throw shade at the people who designed yt-dlp, but designing a tool to “scrap” the content of an evolving platform in a different language (with different tooling etc) than the one said platform is expecting to be consumed by might have been a mistake

      • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        7·
        2 days ago

        anti spam? on the video player? you cannot think is seriously.

        JS is one of the most popular scripting languages anyway so having it as a requirement shouldn’t hinder anyone.

        except any of the clients that care about not running whatever untrusted google code in an unrestricted environment.