Re:They Bypass YouTube Video Download Throttling
by abwizz on Monday August 14, 2023 @05:28AM
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wow! just use a real computer and be done with it. this reads like some normie complaining to his isp because the wifi sucks.
drop yt-urls into mpv with ytdlp backend, works for like a decade barring the occasional breakage of ytdl.
Re:They Bypass YouTube Video Download Throttling
by leshenka on Monday August 14, 2023 @06:02AM
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Most of my grievances are related to mobile experience so I'm not sure why are you talking about mpv.
I barely have any problems in desktop because issues like no pip and background play just don't exist there.
Re:They Bypass YouTube Video Download Throttling
by Aachen on Monday August 14, 2023 @09:43AM
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Not sure what part of not using your suggested command line tools but wanting to just use the official version like everyone else warrants calling someone openly stupid
Re:They Bypass YouTube Video Download Throttling
by whywhywhywhy on Monday August 14, 2023 @08:35AM
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Baffling they enforce those fake restrictions in parts of the world the product to enable them doesn't exist.
The fact Apple allows Google to resell their multitasking and PIP features as part of their own subscription is pretty un-Apple.
I tried to trick google by creating an account using VPN in Europe. I even managed to subscribe for Premium. Even with an active Premium subscription Youtube app won't let me use its features such as downloading, background play and picture in picture (you know, basically everything)
Because "you live in the wrong part of the world". Creating a problem, selling the solution is what they do.
Like, I don't even care about downloading, but Google intentionally cripples their mobile website experience by suppressing pip and background play. It would cost zero dollars not to do this but they did.