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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.org/post/1872634

So, starting now, Google started mandating full JS for YT, effectively breaking all third-party clients and locking the site to their official client.

This reeks of DRM.

UPDATE: Installing Deno and installing yt-dlp through PyPi fixes yt-dlp but the very idea that Google is mandating JS to lock down YT in an attempt at pseudo-DRM is still crappy.

UPDATE #2: inv.nadeko.net is working again for now.

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[–] cryptix@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Newpipe still working for me now?

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[–] MystValkyrie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

I am so glad I had the foresight to use yt-dlp to back up most of my favorite videos. Not all of them, but I just thought we'd get more time.

But yeah, I knew this would happen. The age verification thing was really controversial, so Google would have had to expect that people would try to find other ways to access YouTube. They won't stop here and will go after Deno and NewPipe.

I'm pretty much done with YouTube. It's just not what it used to be. All my favorite YouTubers are either gone, have changed for the worse, or are on Nebula. It's mostly just slop, and I won't miss it.

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[–] suff@piefed.social 11 points 1 week ago

Tubular for Android of which I thought it uses yt_dlp, still works well.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 week ago (5 children)

The day smart tube next stops working is the day i stop using youtube. I will NEVER watch a shitty youtube ad and I'm sure as shit not paying google any money whatsoever.

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[–] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

PipePipe works fine when logged out.

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[–] mrpollo@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago

Yt-dlp worked for me 3 hours ago

[–] Tiger_Man_@szmer.info 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Invidious still works!

Edit: not all instances :(

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[–] enbiousenvy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 week ago

about +12 hours ago spotdl (which uses yt-dlp) was broken. But I keep go on watching videos on newpipe

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