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

NovaSel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• Jhex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Came here to say this after giving it 24 hours in case it was just lucky timing

  However, now if I try to watch a YT vid in Firefox, I get the “Oops something went wrong” right when the Ad should have popped up

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  • BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I’ve gotten that occasionally, it usually fixes with a refresh. Was it persistent for you?

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    • Jhex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      yeap… happened again after the refresh

      I had almost given up on youtube since they blank out your home if you do not allow them to track history so this may have started a bit back. I only went on it because someone sent me a link and I just opened it directly… all in all, just another reason to not use YouTube

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      • BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Well, that’s super lame! I wish there was a good alternative. I’ll probably stick with it as long as ReVanced works.

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      • wabasso@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Haha I actually love having a blank Home (and especially blank Shorts) since as it has significantly moderated excessive YT use for me. I’m honestly surprised that was their course of action as it ultimately had reduced my use of the app.

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