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This YouTube lawsuit could kill YT-DLP, OBS-Studio, and every screen recorder you use. (www.youtube.com)
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[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 27 points 14 hours ago

Clone and fork now folks

[-] Flames5123@sh.itjust.works 13 points 11 hours ago

I have to update my yt-dl constantly. A clone won’t do shit because YouTube will update.

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 1 points 4 hours ago

Someone around the world would pick up the mantle, there are thousands of ctontributors. The point is that the code isn't lost in the blink of an eye.

this post was submitted on 25 Feb 2026
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