They Bypass YouTube Video Download Throttling

Re:They Bypass YouTube Video Download Throttling by G3rn0ti on Monday August 14, 2023 @04:57AM (#37118882)

I think parent means the YouTube app. On iOS (and android/chromos?) you can actually download videos and watch them offline if you got a premium membership. But then the videos are under control by the app.

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Re:They Bypass YouTube Video Download Throttling by mynameisvlad on Monday August 14, 2023 @05:34AM (#37119093)

Yes, and I replied to that. It’s not really an alternative to an actual video download.

It’s not the raw video file, you can only access it from the app or website, and there’s restrictions on how long you can be offline before the app/website will stop you from watching it.

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Re:They Bypass YouTube Video Download Throttling by leshenka on Monday August 14, 2023 @05:07AM (#37118944)

You can't get .mp4 though. It's there somewhere inside YT app's persistent storage but there is no "share" button for it.

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