[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.