(2020-02-23, 23:58)DarrenHill Wrote: As I said before, when it doesn't work for anyone and is no longer maintained, then an addon will be marked broken.

At this point neither applies, so no, it will not be marked broken.

Just because you can't configure it to work doesn't mean others can't. As can be seen from this very thread, many people (including me) have it working fine.

(2020-02-24, 09:23)dule0 Wrote:

(2020-02-24, 07:00)the_other_guy Wrote: FOR THE ONES THAT SAY IT IS NOT BROKEN TAKE THE RESET TEST 
total removal of kodi then install youtube and run singing in set up device and time how long it take you to get the error

(2020-02-21, 11:48)giaur Wrote: Why can't we use Youtube without any credentials, anonymously similar as browsing Youtube site and watching videos without login?

(2020-02-23, 18:54)kingsombra Wrote: Well that's it for me then. I refuse to ever have an account with the single most evil company on the face of the earth Google.

No API for me.

I am now uninstalling an addon that is useless to me.

From now on, Ill browse the webpage and use Free Download Manager to download videos that interest me, to my NAS drive.

(2020-02-23, 20:08)FairKing Wrote: I was using KODI sometimes but recently I tried it is getting worse and worse.
90% of official plugins is not workable where 50% of them are just youtube channel mirror.
Not user friendly - you have to enter some codes, edit jsons and so on.
And then Youtube issues.
I think KODI is dead now.

(2020-02-24, 00:00)charlieroot Wrote:

(2020-02-23, 23:58)DarrenHill Wrote: As I said before, when it doesn't work for anyone and is no longer maintained, then an addon will be marked broken.

At this point neither applies, so no, it will not be marked broken.

Just because you can't configure it to work doesn't mean others can't. As can be seen from this very thread, many people (including me) have it working fine.

It's not that I cant't make those keys, it's because I won't.


Regs,   

(2020-02-24, 07:00)the_other_guy Wrote: FOR THE ONES THAT SAY IT IS NOT BROKEN TAKE THE RESET TEST 
total removal of kodi then install youtube and run singing in set up device and time how long it take you to get the error

(2020-02-24, 09:48)olympus Wrote:

(2020-02-24, 00:00)charlieroot Wrote:

(2020-02-23, 23:58)DarrenHill Wrote: As I said before, when it doesn't work for anyone and is no longer maintained, then an addon will be marked broken.

At this point neither applies, so no, it will not be marked broken.

Just because you can't configure it to work doesn't mean others can't. As can be seen from this very thread, many people (including me) have it working fine.

It's not that I cant't make those keys, it's because I won't.


Regs,    

Then don't and move on.
With your logic Spotify, Netflix and Amazon Prime add-ons should be marked as broken because you don't want to create/buy credentials for them.
This add-on is not broken.
It wouldn't be broken even if it eventually works only with credentials from a YouTube Premium account. 

(2020-02-24, 09:45)olympus Wrote:

(2020-02-23, 18:54)kingsombra Wrote: Well that's it for me then. I refuse to ever have an account with the single most evil company on the face of the earth Google.

No API for me.

I am now uninstalling an addon that is useless to me.

From now on, Ill browse the webpage and use Free Download Manager to download videos that interest me, to my NAS drive.

They are not evil enough though, they still allow you to download them and leech their servers for nothing in return.
If they enable DRM for their videos, no more downloading for you unless you have a YouTube Premium account. 

(2020-02-24, 12:53)charlieroot Wrote:

(2020-02-24, 09:48)olympus Wrote:

(2020-02-24, 00:00)charlieroot Wrote: It's not that I cant't make those keys, it's because I won't.


Regs,    

Then don't and move on.
With your logic Spotify, Netflix and Amazon Prime add-ons should be marked as broken because you don't want to create/buy credentials for them.
This add-on is not broken.
It wouldn't be broken even if it eventually works only with credentials from a YouTube Premium account.         

No, that is your logic.

Services like Amazon and Netflix are paid services by design and credentials are always needed, regardless of the device (PC, laptop, mediacenter). Youtube doesn't need credentials when used on een PC, laptop because all you need is a browser. On Kodi you have to use the addon which uses een API.

The core functionality of that API seems to be broken. If creating a set of keys is so super easy, then why hasn't the developer created new keys (like we have been using for years) and release a new version of the addon (which I used a lot like many others).

Creating a personal key may be easy for you but that doesn't mean it's easy for everybody. Some people can't, some people won't or even refuse. And they have a good reason, those keys were pre baked and have been working for years.


Regs,        

(2020-02-24, 13:02)charlieroot Wrote:

(2020-02-24, 09:45)olympus Wrote:

(2020-02-23, 18:54)kingsombra Wrote: Well that's it for me then. I refuse to ever have an account with the single most evil company on the face of the earth Google.

No API for me.

I am now uninstalling an addon that is useless to me.

From now on, Ill browse the webpage and use Free Download Manager to download videos that interest me, to my NAS drive.

They are not evil enough though, they still allow you to download them and leech their servers for nothing in return.
If they enable DRM for their videos, no more downloading for you unless you have a YouTube Premium account.      

No sir, he does not leech their servers.

The creators are the owner of the content so he would be 'leeching' their content. And a lot of creators are getting paid for ads so they can make some money. Other creators have the option to donate money so they can keep their channel up and running.


Regs,     

(2020-02-24, 13:35)olympus Wrote:

(2020-02-24, 12:53)charlieroot Wrote:

(2020-02-24, 09:48)olympus Wrote: Then don't and move on.
With your logic Spotify, Netflix and Amazon Prime add-ons should be marked as broken because you don't want to create/buy credentials for them.
This add-on is not broken.
It wouldn't be broken even if it eventually works only with credentials from a YouTube Premium account.         

No, that is your logic.

Services like Amazon and Netflix are paid services by design and credentials are always needed, regardless of the device (PC, laptop, mediacenter). Youtube doesn't need credentials when used on een PC, laptop because all you need is a browser. On Kodi you have to use the addon which uses een API.

The core functionality of that API seems to be broken. If creating a set of keys is so super easy, then why hasn't the developer created new keys (like we have been using for years) and release a new version of the addon (which I used a lot like many others).

Creating a personal key may be easy for you but that doesn't mean it's easy for everybody. Some people can't, some people won't or even refuse. And they have a good reason, those keys were pre baked and have been working for years.


Regs,          

It's insane having so much entitlement to it and demand stuff when we actually try to cheat YouTube's business model. 

(2020-02-24, 09:44)olympus Wrote:

(2020-02-21, 11:48)giaur Wrote: Why can't we use Youtube without any credentials, anonymously similar as browsing Youtube site and watching videos without login?

Because someone would have to create an add-on that scrapes the webpage instead of using the API.
It would be broken very often though because of the changes of the website's layout.
Projects like NewPipe exist, but there are way too many people involved in it so they can handle them.
API means stablility, this add-on is a "1 person project" who works on it in his free time, it's not his job and is kind enough to share it with us.
The developer's options: having to work for free for countless hours to fix changes vs user to spend 5 minutes of his life to create credentials.
He makes the obvious choice, everybody would make the same in his position  

(2020-02-24, 14:06)charlieroot Wrote:

(2020-02-24, 13:35)olympus Wrote:

(2020-02-24, 12:53)charlieroot Wrote: No, that is your logic.

Services like Amazon and Netflix are paid services by design and credentials are always needed, regardless of the device (PC, laptop, mediacenter). Youtube doesn't need credentials when used on een PC, laptop because all you need is a browser. On Kodi you have to use the addon which uses een API.

The core functionality of that API seems to be broken. If creating a set of keys is so super easy, then why hasn't the developer created new keys (like we have been using for years) and release a new version of the addon (which I used a lot like many others).

Creating a personal key may be easy for you but that doesn't mean it's easy for everybody. Some people can't, some people won't or even refuse. And they have a good reason, those keys were pre baked and have been working for years.


Regs,          

It's insane having so much entitlement to it and demand stuff when we actually try to cheat YouTube's business model.         

Tell that to the people who have joined Fair Tube (fairtube.info is their website) and are working together with the world's largest union that we are all 'cheating Youtube's business model'.


Regs,