cross-posted from: https://lemmy.org/post/1872634
So, starting now, Google started mandating full JS for YT, effectively breaking all third-party clients and locking the site to their official client.
This reeks of DRM.
UPDATE: Installing Deno and installing yt-dlp through PyPi fixes yt-dlp but the very idea that Google is mandating JS to lock down YT in an attempt at pseudo-DRM is still crappy.
UPDATE #2: inv.nadeko.net is working again for now.
Seems pretty broken to me. Nothing is loading now.
Edit: Although NewPipe does seem to be working fine for me, even without an update.
I’m able to use it at the moment, could be either my fallback settings or they’re doing a staged rollout of what breaks things.
My settings are mostly default, and from a quick skim, there isn’t much to change for that in settings, so probably a staged rollout. Thats how they usually do it anyway.
Do you have “Allow Loginfallback” enabled in the YouTube plugin?
I do.
Edit: Just tried it again, and now its working, so I have no idea what it is.