alt Hacker NewsNice to see everyone taking a break from their day jobs at Google of continually breaking yt-dlp so it's impossible to use, to comment how this is an injustice.
To the aggrieved I say: 403 Forbidden.
In their defense, you're not getting the full YouTube experience without ads of an AI doctor selling you suppositories.
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avaer • today at 5:45 AM
Most people on HN don't work at Google. And most would probably agree that both Google and Twitter are being user-hostile.
afavour • yesterday at 11:57 PM
This might be the first HN thread I’ve seen where the statement “regiwalled content is bad” is somehow attracting a lot of negative reactions…
Catloafdev • today at 12:29 AM
I don't get it, are you implying everyone who's not a fan of this change is a Google employee?
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There's a bit difference between breaking a scraper and sending Cease and Desist letters.
Also, blocking scraping is very rich (and expectedly hypocritical) for an AI company, which SpaceX is now.