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Re:Yt-dlp: Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads by icelancer on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @03:51PM (#45365184)
YouTube premium "download" is also just completely fake. Downloaded where? What file can I copy?
Re:Yt-dlp: Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads by TeMPOraL on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @06:43PM (#45366796)
Files? What era do you hail from? Prehistory?

There are no files anymore. I mean, there technically are, but copyright industry doesn't want you to look at them without authorization, security people don't want you to look at them at all, and UX experts think it's a bad idea for you to even know such thing as "files" exists.

Share and enjoy. Like and subscribe. The world is just apps all the way down.

Re:Yt-dlp: Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads by SchemaLoad on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @10:25PM (#45368622)
Ironically a very large chunk of youtube creators themselves need the ability to download real files so they can use segments in their own videos.

TikTok is very strange in that it actually does let you download real files.