Show HN: A personal YouTube frontend based on yt-dlp

I kind of wish people would stop making yt-dlp more accessible and increasing Google's desire to shut it down.

I'd say it's less people's fault and more Google's for driving people to want something like it.

Yes, people prefer to get stuff for free rather than paying for it. That's not a very interesting insight.

There is no way to pay google to get features like these or like what yt-dlp offers. If there was I would have gladly paid.

You can pay for YouTube Premium and get no ads.

That's not true, there are still lots of ads that you'll have to sit through. They're just not out there by Google, they're out their by the video creator.

Which, I get it, YouTube isn't paying them enough and they gotta eat. So, it kind of feels like YouTube letting them post their own ads is an intentional choice on YouTube's part to not give me the service I'm paying for.

This is a weird take. What is an "ad", and how would you expect any company to remove in-video "ads" without rampant accusations of censorship?

If a channel posts a review of a piece of hardware that was sent to them for free by the manufacturer is the entire video an ad?

> What is an "ad"

While the line is fuzzy, there's definitely a line. For example, when a video cuts away from the content to talk about a sponsor that's a clear ad.

> how would you expect any company to remove in-video "ads" without rampant accusations of censorship?

Removing would be somewhat difficult. Banning would not be complicated. Companies word those kinds of agreements all the time.

> If a channel posts a review of a piece of hardware that was sent to them for free by the manufacturer is the entire video an ad?

I'd say it depends, but the answer doesn't really matter. That's a straightforward category that can be allowed or not allowed directly, no need to worry about semantics.

HN is such a weird place. "Free speech" libertarianism when it comes to companies restricting hate speech on their platforms while simultaneously advocating for companies to ban sponsored content.