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

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798 points bertman | 1 comments | 12 Nov 25 10:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | 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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vachina ◴[12 Nov 25 12:52 UTC] No.45899536[source]▶
They’d need dedicated hardware to enforce any kind of effective DRM. Encrypted bitstream generated on the fly watchable only on L2 attested device.
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lloeki ◴[12 Nov 25 13:14 UTC] No.45899734[source]▶
Netflix is already there for 4k streams
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1. kelvinjps10 ◴[12 Nov 25 14:08 UTC] No.45900375[source]▶
It's not as easy as downloading a YouTube video though