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

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JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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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