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

AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• NotKyloRen@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I cancelled YT Premium after paying pretty much since Google Music was a thing. The price keeps going up, and Lite is meh even for the discounted price (e.g. no background play I think?).

  They just keep building the wall higher and higher, while they survive only because creators keep filling it with content. Nobody is watching “YouTube Originals” or their first party content. YouTube exists solely because of third party creators.

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  • InFerNo@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    You can either revance your yt music app, or use Firefox with an extension that keeps videos playing while your phone is locked.

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  • AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    If you’re using your phone, definitely check out YouTube revanced. Or if on a tv check out Smart tube next. No ads, sponsor block baked in. It’s all the perks of premium (plus more) without the cons of supporting an evil company

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• CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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 which it’s expecting to be consumed by might have been a mistake

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  • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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.

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