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Google just broke all third-party YT clients, including yt-dlp; a full JS implementation is now required. (github.com)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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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.

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[-] fedislug@lemmy.ml 66 points 1 week ago

God damn it Google. Moves like this are such an insult to the free and open net that made YouTube popular in the first place

[-] tuff_wizard@aussie.zone 57 points 1 week ago

I applaud your belief that Google isn't 100% against a free and open internet these days. They know exactly what they are doing.

[-] DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 49 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I don't know about the OP, but Google admitted recently to breaking the open web. By their own admission, and their own words, Google is against an open web. https://lemmy.org/post/1689081

[-] fedislug@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Oh I know they are! Trying to de-google as much as possible. I was alluding to before their acquisition of the site which, even at the time, we all knew was not going to end well.