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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world

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.

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[-] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 48 points 1 year ago

all of these are scrapers, so they will work unless YouTube gets rid of its web version

[-] kenbw2@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Or if Google implements some kind of feature that requires your browser to vouch that it's not gonna play shenanigans with the page.

Nah, nobody would be that crazy.

[-] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Would this new thing they’re doing to chrome stop it?

[-] kenbw2@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That's exactly the sort if thing they could use it for

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