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  • Re: PSA: Google whackamole temporarily killed most (all?) FOSS YouTube

    From John Smith@3:633/10 to All on Friday, May 22, 2026 21:30:00
    Subject: Re: PSA: Google whackamole temporarily killed most (all?) FOSS YouTube replacement apps

    On 22/05/2026 08:35, Maria Sophia wrote:
    Google whackamole temporarily killed most FOSS YouTube replacement apps

    Could you complain to YouTube about this? Someone needs to make them
    aware that YouTube is broken.

    I just tried YouTube and it loaded fine for me, but I don't have any unnecessary software on my system.

    Friday, 22 May 2026 @ 21:30:00





    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.14
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Lawrence D?Oliveiro@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, May 23, 2026 09:31:01
    Subject: Re: PSA: Google whackamole temporarily killed most (all?) FOSS YouTube replacement apps

    On Fri, 22 May 2026 01:35:23 -0600, Maria Sophia wrote:

    Google whackamole temporarily killed most FOSS YouTube replacement
    apps

    At least it doesn?t seem to have affected downloaders. I haven?t
    needed to upgrade my yt-dlp in a while.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.14
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Lawrence D?Oliveiro@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, May 24, 2026 03:26:02
    Subject: Re: PSA: Google whackamole temporarily killed most (all?) FOSS YouTube replacement apps

    On Sat, 23 May 2026 09:22:48 -0600, Maria Sophia wrote:

    For those who aren't aware, if you've ever seen an advertisement
    while streaming any YouTube video, you're doing something wrong
    (IMHO). :)

    I can recall a past version of youtube-dl having an option to download
    the ads. It was marked ?experimental? ...

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.14
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)