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Of course. The YT-DLP team by refusing to support DRM videos gave Google a huge neon sign that said this is the one thing that will shut them down, the line they won’t cross. Google has targeted the big front end instances with rate limits and blocks and this is the next step.
Our only hope really is that the current YT-DLP team hands the reins over to people in countries that don’t give a shit about copyright and they put back in the ability to download and decrypt DRM protected video.
From yt-dlp's software license:
they have a plugin system. afaik drm breaking features could ve kept in a plugin they dont have to touch
if that's true that was a smart move, they seen this coming and made precautions
I can't find the plugin I first discovered this with, but this basically demonstrates it: https://github.com/notjosh/yt-dlp-GlobalCyclingNetworkPlusDRMWorkaround
wiki article on plugins: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/Plugins
i didn't ask for proof but thanks
I mean, that's basically how yt-dlp came to be. They took over when yt-download couldn't keep up anymore. I hate this time, it will take a while until the best successor is found.
My only hope is that Google goes bankrupt and people migrate to other places, but sadly that's not feasible atm.
Google going bankrupt would almost certainly mean YouTube disappears. Which can happen, but it's not a good thing
In the good timeline, multiple governments and international organizations launch peertube servers.
Probably not this timeline though.
If they did this they could be sued for the exact same reason Yuzu got sued: circumvention of DRM. That's a crime in the USA. Apparently.