L4sBot@lemmy.worldB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoGoogle could kill YouTube Vanced for goodwww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square101fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down161file-text
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Google could kill YouTube Vanced for good::The company is exploring an integrity API that could lock down WebViews with DRM
minus-squareCorngood@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoSurely as long as there’s a way to access YouTube on devices without attestation, this won’t kill anything.
minus-squarealvvayson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoIndeed. And if they decide to brick or degrade all legacy apps, people will just transcode and torrent. Information wants to be free, and millions of people have the skills to make it happen.
minus-squarephillaholic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAlright, and Google doesn’t need to pay for that, so win win?
minus-squarealvvayson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoThe irony is that it will probably cost Google way more due to the overhead of DRM for normal users than what they save on “lost” capacity in the current situation.
Surely as long as there’s a way to access YouTube on devices without attestation, this won’t kill anything.
Indeed. And if they decide to brick or degrade all legacy apps, people will just transcode and torrent.
Information wants to be free, and millions of people have the skills to make it happen.
Alright, and Google doesn’t need to pay for that, so win win?
The irony is that it will probably cost Google way more due to the overhead of DRM for normal users than what they save on “lost” capacity in the current situation.