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scosman ◴[16 Mar 25 15:20 UTC] No.43379727[source]▶
Potentially dumb question: if YouTube.js works in browser - can/has someone made a YouTube player that’s just a static page? Is there a need for a backend?
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1. scosman ◴[17 Mar 25 10:07 UTC] No.43386773[source]▶
To answer my own question: "To use YouTube.js in the browser, you must proxy requests through your own server"