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Re:YouTube-dl fork with additional features and fixes by musicale on Monday September 11, 2023 @06:36PM (#37474624)
> Anyone who uses this tool is violating contract with Google

A click-through EULA seems a bit different from a contract.

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Re:YouTube-dl fork with additional features and fixes by skybrian on Monday September 11, 2023 @06:39PM (#37474656)
Does it matter? They could still suspend you. Good luck fighting that.
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Re:YouTube-dl fork with additional features and fixes by tourmalinetaco on Monday September 11, 2023 @07:06PM (#37474903)
Good luck getting suspended in the first place, that’d be quite the feat.
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Re:YouTube-dl fork with additional features and fixes by jonathankoren on Monday September 11, 2023 @06:40PM (#37474664)
They're not different at all.

https://www.eff.org/wp/dangerous-terms-users-guide-eulas#:~:....

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Re:YouTube-dl fork with additional features and fixes by musicale on Thursday September 14, 2023 @03:44AM (#37506119)
> these dubious "contracts"

Dubious indeed. See also:

https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2023/9/275696-to-regulate-tec...

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