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gdown Stopped Working about 20+ Hours Ago #292

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/usr/bin/python
Python 2.7.18
/usr/bin/python: No module named pip

What OS are you using?

Linux / Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS

Describe the Bug

Running gdown 4.4.0 and 4.7.1 against a "Anyone with the Link" Google Drive file stopped working in the last 20 or so hours with the error:

Access denied with the following error:

 	Cannot retrieve the public link of the file. You may need to change
	the permission to 'Anyone with the link', or have had many accesses. 

You may still be able to access the file from the browser:

	...

This Stack Overflow user and post seemed to find a workaround in gdown 4.6.0.

The browser did / does work.

Expected Behavior

The gdown request succeeds without error.

To Reproduce

$ gdown <url> --output <path>

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