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		alpaca128 on May 11, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable a... Let me guess: the download functionality doesn't actually give me access to the DRM-free video file and when YT deletes a video it's useless to me.

morsch on May 11, 2023 | [–]

Sure. I wouldn't recommend it for archival. I would recommend it for downloading a few videos before a trip when you expect flaky/slow internet. Much more convenient than the youtube-dl dance I did before. Ymmv.

npteljes on May 12, 2023 | [–]

Of course it doesn't. It's just allowing Google to have a local cache.

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