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798 points bertman | 1 comments | 12 Nov 25 10:12 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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reddalo ◴[12 Nov 25 12:52 UTC] No.45899535[source]▶

I wonder why YouTube doesn't implement full DRM, such as Widevine, at this point.

Is it because it would break compatibility with some devices? Is it too expensive?

(not that I'd like that; I always download videos from YouTube for my personal archive, and I only use 3rd party or modified clients)

1. haunter ◴[12 Nov 25 13:00 UTC] No.45899609[source]▶

They are already experimenting with DRM on all videos in certain clients (like the HTML5 TV one) https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12563

Sooner or later, in the next couple of years, it will happen.

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