Comment by hadrien01
3 years ago
It's used in the YouTube extractor: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/blob/d619dd712f63aab1...
I believe YouTube limits your bitrate if you don't pass a specific calculated value; it's possible youtube-dl has to parse and eval JS to get it.
> I believe YouTube limits your bitrate if you don't pass a specific calculated value
It's starting to become Widevine bullshit all over again.
It's their platform. They can do with it what they want.
Many channels would be more than happy to enable download options, if possible.
Hell, how is Creative Commons licence they totally give you option to select, work in case of videos that can't be downloaded in any way?
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They've also chosen to be a monopoly.
Just because they have the right to do it doesn't make it right.
it’s sort of an extension of the state / surveillance
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It's their platform but it's also a web site and that comes with certain expectations of interoperability.
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