[duskwuff]

Which would still be fine. The only thing that'd be blocked is obtaining those OAuth tokens by passing your Google username/password to a browser automation tool.

[dleslie]

Which would break some common authentication options in ytdl:

https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#authentication-option...

[worik]

It is not the whole world attacking ytdl - but Google, definitely.

Evil by default?

[seniorivn]

when you delete "don't be evil" tagline, you become evil by default

[tester756]

Let's dont act as if the whole world was trying to fight against ytdl.

[dleslie]

It's not just about ytdl; this policy will ban all headless browsers, text-based browsers, and browsers with automation tools.

[trickstra]

And it's also ineffective, because any full GUI browser can be automated with extensions or userscripts, so banning useragents or non-javascript browsers won't actually prevent automates sign-ins.

[salawat]

So they're breaking mountains of automated test and scripting tools? Nice to know.

>Headless browsers locked out (thanks for nreaking test automation) >Node.js (riiight) >Text-based browsers (Going aft Lynx? Of all things?) >JavaScript MUST be enabled

Totally not a power grab here folks. Totally not a company known to value reaping user data in any form possible up to any kind of user hostile behavior, or exercising undue influence over the character of the Net.

Nope, no siree, Bob. Moving riiiight along.