With Reddit shutting down its API setting a precedent in the corporate tech world (and Reddit was a major outlier in that a ton of their users are technical minded and support third party clients, YouTube does not have that kind of userbase and will not get backlash for it), Twitter doing whatever the fuck they’re doing, and Google already hellbent on destroying ad blockers, the days of Newpipe, Invidious, and Freetube are numbered. Wouldn’t be surprised if they implement Netflix level DRM tomorrow that makes alt clients impossible. I say savour your alt clients while you can guys, you won’t be able to soon.

  • Mubelotix@jlai.lu
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    1 year ago

    Yes. The problem is, it’s easy for google to break it again and again and again. I think we should just end Youtube

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      1 year ago

      Right, the best way to win here is just not to play. Stop watching content on YouTube altogether. Find alternative ways to watch that content, or simply don’t watch it at all.

    • CurseBunny@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      So instead of scraping the website the easier solution is to end Youtube?

      Who wants to call Google and give them the difficult news that Youtube isn’t being renewed for another season?