I have a folder of MP3s, some of which date back to 1999, just a few years after the format was popularised. Most of them have utterly terrible names (think RIDEONAM.MP3). I think at this point they might even survive the heat death of the universe. And they’ll still be terribly-organised.
heh I’d like to trust that plan for sure
yt-dlp already tougher to use today than in years past—and assuming everything will survive new content deals, uploader purges, etc. is optimistic
It’s an arms race. YT is hard to use, then someone comes up with a great new front end that works for a year, lather rinse repeat.
Authorized-hardware only when 🤔
Then we’re back to Telesyncs - will be cloud services with device + camera farms to help us rip videos that must be viewed on specific devices - those that pass checks ensuring the only output is on the screen itself
Then they’ll work on anti-recordable screens? :)
It’s coming. Android just announced they are going to make devs ID themselves and prevent side loading, so all those great new open source front ends were just given a terminal diagnosis. For now.
The walled gardens are being walled in like medieval Carcassonne or Dubrovnik. Foreigners viewed with suspicion, only lifelong residents allowed full rights.
That is a scary announcement
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