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YouTube trials DRM on all videos served to TVs (yt-dlp Github issue)
Submitted 1 week ago by amju_wolf@pawb.social to technology@beehaw.org
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12563
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sirico@feddit.uk 1 week ago
heysoundude@eviltoast.org 1 week ago
I had an error message pop up on my kodi yesterday when I tried to watch a preview; it may have included an url that resembles the link here…
RobotZap10000@feddit.nl 1 week ago
Maybe if they add it to every other platform, I can put my time to better use.
jarfil@beehaw.org 1 week ago
Putting DRM on CC videos is kind of evil… but also kind of expected of a video platform to do.
In the long run, from a purely economic point of view, it could even make sense for YT to charge users for uploading non-monetized videos. It would destroy even more good faith, but would “make sense” on paper.
codessh@lemmings.world 1 week ago
I feel like this goes back to the old saying: If you are not paying for it, then you are not the customer.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 week ago
For YouTube, it isn’t so much destroying good faith rather than preventing a competitor from forming with enough traction to threaten YouTube’s business model.