Comment on Google just broke *all* third-party web clients, including yt-dlp; a full JS implementation is now required.

Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  YT Revanced is not a 3rd party client. It (and all vanced patches) work by taking the original app and patching the code directly, often simply to bypass sections of it entirely.

  Let’s take backg ground playback for example, the app has that functionality but it checks if the user has a premium subscription or not before allowing it. Revanced simply removes that check by jumping over the code and always returning true.

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  • bier@feddit.nl ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah it works more like how cracks used to work back in the day.

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• Fijxu@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Not lies, because Youtube on android uses something called DroidGuard, while on browser and other platforms, uses something called BotGuard. Their implementation differ, but NewPipe uses DroidGuard and programs like FreeTube and Invidious use BotGuard. So that’s probably the reason why NewPipe still works fine.

  Don’t quote me on that tho. But that’s what I know

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• viking@infosec.pub ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  NewPipe as well, without any update either.

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  • Lfrith@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yep FreeTube is the only one I found not working, which is what I use on the desktop.

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