Multiple users have reported that the fields parameter is slowing down API
response times significantly. As most API endpoints are already optimized to
make as few requests as possible to Youtube, there is no point in limiting the
output. Furthermore, the added processing might be part of the broader memory
leak problem (See 1438).
In addition, the small increase in data output is not much of an issue compared
to the huge video proxy that lies next to this API.
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