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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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[โ€“] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Beginning very soon, you'll need to have the JavaScript runtime Deno installed to keep YouTube downloads working as normal.

if only you could read ๐Ÿ˜”

[โ€“] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 105 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Well the title claims that Youtube just broke third party clients, so you sorta expect the clients to be broken. Shit title

[โ€“] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

Installed where?
Can't recall installing such a runtime manually.
Is it bundled with yt-dlp?
So many questions...If only one could be precise