cobalt (@cobalt.tools)
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youtube’s been testing various ways of limiting access, both for downloaders and real users with adblockers most fucked up experiment being forced DRM for ALL videos, even those that are licensed as CC: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12563 feels like it will only get worse from now on 🫠

If rolled out widely, this would make web browsers and third-party YouTube clients without a DRM license unusable for YouTube playback, download, etc. This would include almost all open-source web browsers and almost all third-party YouTube clients. Archive link to reddit post about this

  • IsThisAnAI@lemmy.worldEnglish
    498·
    8 days ago

    They went and paid for Spotify.

    Like most heavy users of YTP. YouTube will be just fine. Y’all just freeloaders. Pay you cheap bastards.

    • I Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish
      31·
      7 days ago

      Already paid in personal data before I was smart enough to try and close the faucet, I don’t see why I should pay more

      • IsThisAnAI@lemmy.worldEnglish
        233·
        7 days ago

        Because prices change. You can stop using it if you don’t feel the value is there.

        • I Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish
          10·
          7 days ago

          Alright, so is my current data worth more or less than my old data? Is my old data worth more or less today than, say, 3 years ago? I don’t see a reason to pay if Google refuses to let people know how much they are worth to them, first.

          • IsThisAnAI@lemmy.worldEnglish
            223·
            7 days ago

            YouTube was acting a loss leader for years.

            Your data has increased in value since then, so has the cost to run the service. These things aren’t some mutually exclusive bubble. This is not how businesses are run, certainly not public traded companies. Many consumers do find the value in a $22/mo video + music sub. We use it a lot.

            I have no expectations of a free experience and I get nearly all my families entertainment media via a single subscription. If they raise it beyond my expectations I will steal it or look elsewhere depending on the quality of the content at that time.

            But for now, it’s a fantastic service.