Comment on YouTube is now flagging accounts on Premium family plans that aren't in the same household

• SaltySalamander@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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  • EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s not pirating if you’re obtaining a video that they’re making available to you for free lmao.

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    • SaltySalamander@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      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.

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      • EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You’re downloading videos every time you watch a video on YouTube.

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