Seems quite naive to think they'd be affected in any way by the tiny intersection of users that are both yt-dlp users and premium subscribers boycotting them...

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renegat0x0 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

I think it is not about making a change, it is putting money where your mouth is.

To buy premium to support creators.

Once yt becomes hostile the deal between me and yt is off.

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js8 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

If every user of yt-dlp did as I do, then it would have exactly the effect that it needs to have. If yt-dlp is used by a small minority of users, why would Google be antagonistic to it? And if it's used by sizeable portion of users, then they would care.

	▲	majormajor 4 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> If yt-dlp is used by a small minority of users, why would Google be antagonistic to it? The concern is likely that if they let it become too easy the small minority becomes a large majority and the ad business becomes unsustainable. Consider the ease and adoption of newsgroups in the early 90s vs Napster/Limewire later and the effect that had on revenues.
	▲	Mindwipe 4 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Primarily because they contractually promised the music industry they'd do everything they can to prevent tools that allow the downloading of copyrighted music from the service.