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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: 0.363s | source
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Tabular-Iceberg ◴[12 Nov 25 13:36 UTC] No.45899963[source]▶
I remember when QuickTime came out in 1991 and it was obvious to everyone that video should be copied, pasted and saved like any arbitrary data.

It's absolutely insane to me how bad the user experience is with video nowadays, even video that's not encumbered by DRM or complex JavaScript clients.

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throwaway94275 ◴[12 Nov 25 14:11 UTC] No.45900417[source]▶
1991 was the vibrant, exciting, crazy "adolescence" of the PC age and well into the period where it was cool to have a desktop PC and really learn about it.

Phones are dominant now and have passed the PC generation by - in number, not capability. The concept of copy/paste/save for arbitrary data lives on for the non-tech masses only in the form of screenshots and screen recording features.

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fragmede ◴[12 Nov 25 14:35 UTC] No.45900727[source]▶
"Fitting into my pocket so I can use it in line at the post office" is a capability that desktop PCs have yet to manage to achieve.
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throw-qqqqq ◴[12 Nov 25 14:49 UTC] No.45900917[source]▶
But are DRM and poor user experiences hard requirements for something to fit in your pocket?

Otherwise, I don’t think I get your point - maybe you could clarify?

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1. fragmede ◴[12 Nov 25 15:04 UTC] No.45901110[source]▶
throwaway94275 wrote:

> Phones are dominant now and have passed the PC generation by - in number, not capability.

And I'm saying phones have passed PCs in capabilities. Don't put words in my mouth, not all of them, obviously. I'm just pointing out that a desktop with a 5090 and 42" widescreen monitor doesn't fit in my pocket, and that fitting into my pocket is a capability that some people value.