[bromix]

Is it possible for individual users to generate their own API key and plug it into the addon?

Obviously that's a kludgy solution, but it seems like Google doesn't really want to support 3rd party youtube apps. Honestly can't really blame them, as we don't watch their advertisements.

Many twitter clients have been forced to do the same thing due to twitter's similar API restrictions. Twitter also kinda/sorta allows third-party clients but then restricts the heck out of them.

Plausible, but to explain this to a user would be a pain...to generate an API-Key you must be authenticated and sometimes you have to (based on the service of Google) provide your phone-number or creditcard...no way

Let's not rush and wait whats really going one...at the moment it seems to work...also the history. Nobody will die because YouTube for KODI isn't working