Re:YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad ...
by galkk on Thursday June 29, 2023 @04:48PM
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Downloads are working and very useful on mobile - they give you offline version on a device that you can later watch.
I click download on videos that I'm interested in morning and have something to listen to during commute without worrying about spotty connections and mobile traffic consumptions. So yes, file is downloaded to the device.
If I want to download something to have it forever, I use yt-dlp on pc.
Re:YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad ...
by tcfhgj on Friday June 30, 2023 @03:00AM
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I use new pipe for downloading and ReVanced for watching
Re:YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad ...
by Gigachad on Friday June 30, 2023 @12:56AM
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The downloads feature works pretty good when you are going to be on a plane or train without an internet connection. Predownload a bunch of educational content and then you'll have it for your trip.
I used to have those "downloads" on Youtube. There are not a real downloads because I do not have an access to the file. Also the feature tends to be misworking - from time to time one of "downloads" just stucks with eating 100% of 1 CPU core and the recipe is to remove all the "downloads". This was one of the stupidiest features I ever had, because if I need a video for offline wieving but do not want to get a file, I can just watch 100% of video (of course with adblock because YT advertisements use to destroy cache) and do not close the tab, then suspend my PC and unsuspend it in the place I want to watch.