I mean sure, OP’s title is somewhat clickbaity but it’s kind of true though. YouTube have broken compatibility with all existing unofficial clients. It’s good that yt-dlp are managing to work around it. I expect many other clients will follow suit but some of them may be unable to install additional dependencies and remain broken.
Ultimately, what is the last straw that will break the camel’s back? Every client/consumer will have their breaking point.
carrylex@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Somewhat? Did you read the issue? Here’s a recap: yt-dlp will introduce a proper JS runtime in the future to better cope with YT’s JS. That’s it that’s the issue.
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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Yup, Grayjay still worked for me as of this morning, and that’s on a build that’s a month old. So either I’m not impacted by the A/B test, or it’s actually not a big deal.
dzsimbo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
Just to give a second point of confirmation: newpipe is working.
asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 3 days ago
Plugins update independently from the app.