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Re:YouTube to limit default video quality around the world f... by Scoundreller on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @04:18PM (#22678525)
I thought they did switch to audio feed only in the background? After all, youtube-dl usually reports an audio-only file.
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Re:YouTube to limit default video quality around the world f... by smichel17 on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @08:36PM (#22680725)
youtube-dl violates the YouTube terms of service. That's why they scrape the website intstead of using the api.
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