ardi60@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agoYouTube is now flagging accounts on Premium family plans that aren't in the same householdwww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square297fedilinkarrow-up1650arrow-down110
arrow-up1640arrow-down1external-linkYouTube is now flagging accounts on Premium family plans that aren't in the same householdwww.androidpolice.comardi60@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square297fedilink
minus-squareSaltySalamander@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·27 days agoHow have you never heard of yt-dlp?
minus-squareEncrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·27 days agoYt-dlp doesn’t pirate YouTube videos… it downloads them directly from YouTube.
minus-squareSaltySalamander@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·26 days ago it downloads them directly from YouTube Thus, pirating them. More or less by the same method that is used to download every single WEB-DL movie/episode you see on torrent sites.
minus-squareEncrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-226 days agoIt’s not pirating if you’re obtaining a video that they’re making available to you for free lmao. Otherwise it would be “pirating” to just load up YouTube.com in your browser and watching any old video.
minus-squareSaltySalamander@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·25 days agoYoutube doesn’t let you download the videos directly. If they did, you’d be right. The fact that the original yt-dl was shut down by Youtube kinda disproves your point all by itself.
minus-squareEncrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoYou’re downloading videos every time you watch a video on YouTube.
How have you never heard of yt-dlp?
Yt-dlp doesn’t pirate YouTube videos… it downloads them directly from YouTube.
Thus, pirating them. More or less by the same method that is used to download every single WEB-DL movie/episode you see on torrent sites.
It’s not pirating if you’re obtaining a video that they’re making available to you for free lmao.
Otherwise it would be “pirating” to just load up YouTube.com in your browser and watching any old video.
Youtube doesn’t let you download the videos directly. If they did, you’d be right. The fact that the original yt-dl was shut down by Youtube kinda disproves your point all by itself.
You’re downloading videos every time you watch a video on YouTube.