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This YouTube lawsuit could kill YT-DLP, OBS-Studio, and every screen recorder you use. (www.youtube.com)
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[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 32 points 7 months ago

Clone and fork now folks

[-] Flames5123@sh.itjust.works 16 points 7 months ago

I have to update my yt-dl constantly. A clone won’t do shit because YouTube will update.

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 5 points 7 months ago

Someone around the world would pick up the mantle, there are thousands of ctontributors. The point is that the code isn't lost in the blink of an eye.

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