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

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810 points bertman | 3 comments | 12 Nov 25 10:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.717s | 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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crazygringo ◴[12 Nov 25 12:51 UTC] No.45899525[source]▶
This is obviously not plausible. They're never going to shut off browser access on people's laptops. Watching YT at work is a major thing.

I have to assume you're joking, but I honestly can't figure out what point you're even trying to make. Do it think it's surprising that an ad-supported site has anti-scraping/anti-downloading mechanisms? YouTube isn't a charity, it's not Wikipedia.

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reddalo ◴[12 Nov 25 12:54 UTC] No.45899552[source]▶
They can't shut off browser access, but they surely can kill all non-Chromium browsers.
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1. crazygringo ◴[12 Nov 25 12:56 UTC] No.45899578[source]▶
No, they can't. Way too many devices, including televisions, access YT via all sorts of browsers. Not to mention antitrust would be all over that. With their dominant browser share, getting people to switch to Chrome by removing access to YT for Firefox would get multiple governments filing lawsuits ASAP.
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2. mapmeld ◴[12 Nov 25 17:02 UTC] No.45902605[source]▶
What OS are televisions using to run all of their streaming media apps? It's not iOS.
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3. HeinzStuckeIt ◴[12 Nov 25 17:45 UTC] No.45903184[source]▶
Samsung Smart TVs run Tizen.