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

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810 points bertman | 1 comments | 12 Nov 25 10:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.215s | 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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astura ◴[12 Nov 25 13:14 UTC] No.45899740[source]▶
>Watching YT at work is a major thing.

Where are these jobs where I can get paid to watch YouTube?

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phantasmish ◴[12 Nov 25 13:33 UTC] No.45899920[source]▶
Lots of people listen to the audio. It’s like a podcast, or having the radio on, which is fine in lots and lots of jobs.

Some people probably also literally watch it, but I know multiple people who basically use it as a radio at work.

Plus, never worked anywhere where half of everyone, including management, is more-or-less openly watching sports more than working during major tournaments?

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1. crazygringo ◴[12 Nov 25 13:38 UTC] No.45899999[source]▶
And nobody's saying you're getting paid to watch YouTube all day. But video links get sent around, and people check out whatever 3 minute video. They watch during lunch. You know how it is.