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Re:Youtube-dlc – Download videos from YouTube or other video... by user5994461 on Saturday September 12, 2020 @07:13AM (#24451590)
It's dodgy software. It got acquired and got some spyware/adware/toolbars embedded. Don't trust.

Personally, I removed the older version I had, fearing it would auto upgrade and auto install malware.

It's a download manager for shared hosting sites, mostly used for downloading movies/shows/games. It can get videos from youtube, dailymotion and a hundred sites but it's not the main purpose. Users are willing to try anything to get their latest tv show, there is too much money in bundling adware to ignore. The software was great once upon a time, then it got popular, eventually the author sold out.

Re:Youtube-dlc – Download videos from YouTube or other video... by 0-_-0 on Saturday September 12, 2020 @09:45AM (#24452374)
There are adware free installers you can find:

https://jdownloader.org/jdownloader2

Re:Youtube-dlc – Download videos from YouTube or other video... by jccalhoun on Saturday September 12, 2020 @10:13AM (#24452596)
nice. They kind of hide this from the main download link.
Re:Youtube-dlc – Download videos from YouTube or other video... by TillE on Saturday September 12, 2020 @11:32AM (#24453214)
Get the .jar, use only the .jar. It self-updates and everything. It's a shame about the crapware-laden installer, though, it's an excellent utility otherwise.