| ▲ | 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 2 days ago |
| I would think the big factor for running yt-dlp in a browser would be CORS, not the language used to implement the downloader? |
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| ▲ | xnx 2 days ago | parent [-] |
| Yes, and other limitations of network access that Java applets did not have. |
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| ▲ | duskwuff 2 days ago | parent [-] | | Java had restrictions on cross-domain access just like Javascript does and Flash did. Users could grant applets additional permissions - but that also granted them local permissions (like reading files) which were unambiguously a security risk. |
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