With all the legal threats and actions YouTube/Google/Alphabet has thrown against things like youtube-dl[1] to kill it because it, "circumvents protections", how are they _exempt_ from doing the same? Creating damage to a user's browser so it cannot play videos in order to extort a user for ad and subscription money sure sounds like the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)[2]:

(7) with intent to extort from any person any money or other thing of value, transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication containing any—

(C) demand or request for money or other thing of value in relation to damage to a protected computer, where such damage was caused to facilitate the extortion

Maybe some three letter agencies will take note? I don't know why you'd want to behave like an untouchable monopoly while under investigation for that very thing.

[1] https://youtube-dl.org/ (site taken down)

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act

(edit: formatting)