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

I mean sure, OP’s title is somewhat clickbaity but it’s kind of true though.

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.

YouTube have broken compatibility with all existing unofficial clients.

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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.

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- dzsimbo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Just to give a second point of confirmation: newpipe is working.
  
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- asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Plugins update independently from the app.
  
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