rg3/youtube-dl — pull request #1761 by jaimeMF (2013-11-13 15:45:01+00:00)
Title: [youtube:playlist] Stop using the gdata api

Allows to download playlists with more than 1000 videos and private playlists.
Is there any strong reason that makes using the api better (apart from the regular expressions getting outdated)?

ping @FiloSottile