YouTube continues to fight against tools that prevent it from generating revenue. It is now attacking the ability to download the platform's videos. using third-party tools.
YouTube's crusade against anything it prevents from generating revenue continues. For several years now, the video platform has been seeking to win the fight against its biggest enemies: ad blockers. It is intensifying its efforts to encourage those allergic to ads to pay for a YouTube Premium subscription. In fact, it is clear that this is not very effective, as extensions like uBlock Origins still work perfectly since their formal ban.
While waiting to put an end to this, YouTube is tackling another way of avoiding ads when watching videos: downloading them. There are many tools and websites for doing this, and these are the ones that are now in the streaming giant's sights. This is evidenced by the discovery of a test that puts One of the best known is the yt-dlp project, available on GitHub. In short, Google will implement DRM protection on YouTube videos.
YouTube wants to prevent the downloading of videos from the platform, here's how
As a reminder, DRM adds a digital signature to content (video, audio, game, etc.) and prevents it from being copied by an unauthorized source. In this case, Google is testing this technology on videos broadcast by YouTube TV only, but it's a safe bet that if the tests are conclusive, the company will extend the device to others. With this system, only those authorized by Google will be able to play the videos, which effectively excludes third-party download tools.
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By extension, the arrival of DRM would also sound the death knell for all applications offering a modified version of YouTube to, among other things, block ads by default. As with browser extensions, it's easy to imagine that developers of the programs in question will seek to circumvent these potential future barriers.
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