Google’s experimental Android WebView Media Integrity API could patch the YouTube Vanced loophole once and for all

Google could kill YouTube Vanced for good::The company is exploring an integrity API that could lock down WebViews with DRM

  • Corngood@lemmy.mlEnglish
    10·
    1 year ago

    Surely as long as there’s a way to access YouTube on devices without attestation, this won’t kill anything.

    • alvvayson@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      1 year ago

      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.

        • alvvayson@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          1 year ago

          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.

          • phillaholic@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Can’t say I agree. I’d guess it’ll turn out like the Netflix shared passwords situation where everyone online predicted mass cancellations, and Netflix subs grew in actuality. Most people won’t give up YouTube, they will either stop blocking ads or pay for Premium. At least enough to increase their profits.