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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: 0.206s | 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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ticulatedspline ◴[12 Nov 25 13:55 UTC] No.45900214[source]▶
maybe to stop the .01%. switching to app only, sign in only would get them pretty much all the way there.

They own the os, with sign-in, integrity checks, and the inability to install anything on it Google doesn't want you to install they could make it pretty much impossible to view the videos on a device capable of capturing them for the vast majority of people. Combine that with a generation raised in sandboxes and their content would be safe.

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spwa4 ◴[12 Nov 25 14:15 UTC] No.45900457[source]▶
"their" content? This is Youtube.

Of course, the same can be said for FB, Tiktok, instagram, Pintrest, reddit, ... and I'm sure the list keeps going. Frankly, Youtube is pretty damn good about this, really.

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1. doublerabbit ◴[12 Nov 25 14:45 UTC] No.45900870[source]▶
No where else to go that pays. They can pay which entices those to stay.

Google owns that monopoly.