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

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798 points bertman | 2 comments | 12 Nov 25 10:12 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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KeplerBoy ◴[12 Nov 25 13:20 UTC] No.45899791[source]▶
And it's an entirely useless effort. No idea how it is done but the internet is full 4k rips.
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1. bob1029 ◴[12 Nov 25 15:08 UTC] No.45901153[source]▶
Breaking HDCP is a lot easier than breaking the other things. You don't have to attack the torment nexus directly. This is not the most ideal option but it is information theoretically correct assuming your capture rig is set up properly.
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2. charcircuit ◴[12 Nov 25 17:32 UTC] No.45903013[source]▶
It would be harder to break HDCP and you wouldn't even get the original compressed media content. It's a worse idea.