The stream URL is only valid for a limited time because reasons. It reloads the page to get a new one.
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The stream URL is only valid for a limited time because reasons. It reloads the page to get a new one. 3 comments
Youtube also needs to check for ads since they also have free vs. premium. It could be that their frontend/backend combination and the 13678 ways of logging in cannot do the auth song and dance properly, and need a full auth re-flow |
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Spotify knows how to re-auth the user without a full page reload. Somehow Youtube can't
The more I look at Google's products the less I believe in the myth of amazing Google engineers :)