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Yt-dlp: External JavaScript runtime now required for full YouTube support

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798 points bertman | 3 comments | 12 Nov 25 10:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.526s | source
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xeonmc ◴[12 Nov 25 12:31 UTC] No.45899355[source]▶
In ten years time YouTube will be entirely inaccessible from the browser as the iPad kids generation are used to doomscrolling the tablet app and Google feels confident enough to cut off the aging demographic.
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andy_ppp ◴[12 Nov 25 12:35 UTC] No.45899394[source]▶
The YouTube web app is so full of bugs it's almost unusable on a phone.

Comments also disappear regularly on all platforms...

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1. ACCount37 ◴[12 Nov 25 12:54 UTC] No.45899557[source]▶
And the YouTube web interface is full of issues too. For example, livestreams had transient memory leaks for months already, thought to be related to their chat implementation.

In the meanwhile, YouTube spends its effort on measures against yt-dlp, which don't actually stop yt-dlp.

What the fuck is wrong with Google corporate as of late.

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2. mring33621 ◴[12 Nov 25 13:40 UTC] No.45900027[source]▶
dumb middle management driven by dumb metrics

a very old story...

3. hbbio ◴[12 Nov 25 14:13 UTC] No.45900437[source]▶
> livestreams had transient memory leaks for months already

maybe it's vibe coded nowadays