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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.

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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My YouTube addon for Kodi seems to be working. It can be somewhat fragile but they've made a bunch of recent updates.

[–] pirat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Does it work now with or without API key or logged in user? I tried installing the YouTube addon and sending a URL through the Kore app, and it tried playing it but failed resolving it.

[–] courval@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The world needs a p2p alternative, what are our current options? I wouldn't mind alocating 500GB or more of my storage space just to get rid of these fuckers. These fascist gangsters are taking millions of people hostage who depend on YT for their livelihood..

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