On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 12:59:21PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 01:48:23PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > Hi. > > > > On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 06:40:40AM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > apt-get install youtube-viewer cclive youtube-dl > > > > Indeed. One of those 3 should solve it. > > > > youtube-dl is good for seamless integration with mpv, which is why i > > prefer it. > > Besides, some of them stop working when youtube changes something: > chances are good that another keeps working.
And that's why things like youtube-dl belong to volatile archive (IMO), not main one. Also it's that's why I prefer downloaded youtube-dl to Debian one. One of those rare exceptions I prefer to make. > Don't forget that > youtube (aka Google) *desperately wants* to keep you immersed in > the browser to enjoy the whole "experience". It was my impression that what Google *actually* wants is to keep everyone immersed into Android phone/tablet, not a conventional browser. Why settling to having user's browsing habits if you can have user's whole life? > (Sometimes eery how accurate those dystopian metaphors can be, > ain't it?) I prefer the term "accurate view on reality" to "dystopian metaphor" ☺. Reco
