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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by naikrovek on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @10:36PM (#35896631)
YouTube premium downloading does store the video in the browser data store I think, yes.

I use yt-dlp for videos I want to keep a copy of, which are few and far between, and I use YT premium's download feature to queue up stuff I want to watch on my phone later when I know I'm going to a poor coverage area.

there's room for both solutions in my world.

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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by judge2020 on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @11:31PM (#35897023)
True - With RIAA and such making YT implement something that looks like DRM just to say they have DRM on songs, I don't think YT is ready to actually offer downloading other peoples' videos from their official UI. For those that don't want to mess with yt-dlp, it's easy enough to search "youtube downloader" on Google.
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