[Andrews54757]

Good question! Indeed you can run the challenge code using headless Chromium and it will function [1]. They are constantly updating the challenge however, and may add additional checks in the future. I suppose Google wants to make it more expensive overall to scrape Youtube to deter the most egregious bots.

[1] https://github.com/LuanRT/BgUtils

[toomuchtodo]

LLMs solve challenges. Can we not solve these challenges with sufficiently advanced LLMs? Gemini even, if you're feeling lulz-y.

[balder1991]

Yes, by spending money.

[toomuchtodo]

I agree, in some cases and depending on LLM endpoint, some money may need to be spent to enable ripping. But is it cheaper than paying Youtube/Google? That is the question.

[dylan604]

sometimes, it's not about the cost. it's about who/where the money is being spent.