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   Computer Nerd Kev to Ivan Shmakov   
   Re: web   
   17 Jan 25 07:10:03   
   
   From: not@telling.you.invalid   
      
   In comp.misc Ivan Shmakov  wrote:   
   >>>>>> On 2025-01-12, Bozo User wrote:   
   > > Once you get a Gopher/Gemini browser, among yt-dlp, the web can go away.   
   >   
   >        While I do appreciate the availability of yt-dlp, I feel like   
   >        a huge part of the reason Chromium is huge is so it can support   
   >        Youtube.  Granted, there doesn't seem to be as many DSAs for   
   >        video software (codecs and players) [1], but it's still the   
   >        kind of software I'd rather keep at least in a container.   
      
   You fear that a hacker can upload a YouTube video containing an   
   exploit and manage to pass that exploit through YouTube's   
   transcoding in order to attack Linux video player programs? Seems   
   like a big stretch to me.   
      
   >        By the by, what's the equivalent of wget(1) for gopher:?   
      
   Curl supports Gopher. Not Gemini though.   
      
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