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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by kevin_thibedeau on Friday October 23, 2020 @11:28PM (#24876710)
It isn't trivial for them to break platforms that won't get new YouTube apps.
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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by Mindwipe on Saturday October 24, 2020 @01:43AM (#24877228)
YouTube have only been permitting YouTube apps on platforms that support Widevine DLM for a long time now.

I suspect they are just waiting for the percentage of older clients in use to fall a little bit further, but the plan is pretty clear.

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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by ric2b on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @08:51AM (#24906896)
I keep refusing to enable DRM on Firefox. Hopefully there are enough people like me to matter.
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