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Google to soon break yt-dlp; full JavaScript implementation is now required

https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1npxkek/google_will_soon_break_all_thirdparty_yt_clients/
12•busymom0•1h ago

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busymom0•1h ago
Direct link to yt-dlp's announcement:

https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14404

rolph•1h ago
ad nauseum, unless google plans on deleting youtube, they have the impossible task of letting people watch videos, but also preventing that.

streaming is downloading by another name. once you download data into an other machines buffer, the only real obstacle to treating it like any other structure is, trust me bro, i wont copy it and concatenate it to a persistent file.

like_any_other•1h ago
They couldn't kill VCRs with legislation, so they're making record-keeping impossible with technology instead.
toomuchtodo•1h ago
Yt-dlp: Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45358980 - September 2025