Re: Heat Death of the Internet

On Wed, 31 Jul 2024, Rich wrote:

D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

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On Wed, 31 Jul 2024, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
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Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:

You were probably using a distro-packaged version or the old one on
their website. Newer executables built from the development code
are available here:
https://github.com/ytdl-patched/youtube-dl/releases/
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Or to download the latest one directly:
https://github.com/ytdl-patched/youtube-dl/releases/latest/download/youtube-dl

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And of course after saying that, it's not working for me today.
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Try yt-dlp, worked great for me yesterday! ;)
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Jokes aside, it is probably just some change from youtube, so do an update
and it usually starts to work again.

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It is.  Youtube is constatantly making "changes", presumably to try to
break downloaders and the like in an attempt to prop up their ad
revenue.
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This is the truth! I find it hilarious that youtube is allowed to have loads of copyrighted material on it, and no one even blinks. But should a new torrent site pop up, that does not even hold the data, the police are all over the place.
But different laws for different people and organizations, that is the rule nowadays.