Re:YouTube-dl's repository has been restored
by Analemma_ on Monday November 16, 2020 @03:15PM
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Google quickly kills any iOS/Android app that offers offline playback functionality for YouTube, so I can't imagine they love youtube-dl. They probably only haven't made a stink because it might attract more attention to a tool primarily only known about in techhead circles.
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Re:YouTube-dl's repository has been restored
by slimginz on Monday November 16, 2020 @03:36PM
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I think the difference is that offline playback and background playback on iOS/Android can be unlocked through YouTube Premium so those apps directly interfere with YouTube's bottom line. YouTube-dl I don't really see as directly competing with that because it's not trivial to download a YouTube video from it to your phone.
Re:YouTube-dl's repository has been restored
by devit on Monday November 16, 2020 @04:34PM
(#25117253)
You can use Firefox mobile and the "Video Background Play Fix" addon to disable the browser APIs that allow the background play blocking antifeature.
Alternatively, the NewPipe app available on F-Droid can be used to both play videos in the background and download them.
Re:YouTube-dl's repository has been restored
by arvindamirtaa on Monday November 16, 2020 @08:12PM
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And given how unlikely people are in the wider non-technical audience to god-forbid, run a command line program, I guess they really just don't care.
They do take easily accessible apps that use youtube-dl under the hood pretty seriously. I guess it depends on how much of an effort it is for them vs how much of their bottom line ytdl is cutting into.