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> Google: We can download all your stuff but you can't download ours....

“There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”

Interesting quote! Turns out that it is from Frank Wilhoit[0] the composer, not Francis M. Wilhoit[1] the political scientist. How odd!

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Wilhoit_(composer)

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_M._Wilhoit#Misattribut...

yt-dlp works fine for me. make sure you've updated. they now list the js that is used for solving for youtube downloads as an external dependency, so you might need to install that too. look at yt-dlp github, look for yt-dlp-es

It's your IP address, you're leeching too much without using the prescribed player. After some time it'll start working again. I bet if you go to the web site it will ask you to log in to prove you're not a bot, if you're not logged in already.

Works fine here.

Did you update yt-dlp?

yeah. Probably come back in a few days. I really only dl a few things a week (things I give patreon $ to but that don't have patreon links).