cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/40372957

fyi:

  • https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp lets you download videos (from youtube and also hundreds of other sites)
  • for desktop, https://mpv.io/ is free and lets you watch youtube (or any other video) at even more and faster speeds than youtube premium does, among many other features
  • for android, https://newpipe.net/ lets you play youtube in the background (and download videos, and block ads, …)
  • https://ublockorigin.com/ blocks ads everywhere (and yes it does still work on youtube, at least in firefox anyway)
  • MyBrainHurts@piefed.caEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Kid, a private service can offer you what it wants. Youtube doesn’t owe you the ability to watch its videos however you want for free.

    Their desire to restrict how you interact with their “free” service necessitates eliminating your fundamental ability to tell your computer what to do - not just for “their private road”, but in general.

    When youtube takes away the programs on YOUR computer, you’ll have a point. But restricting how you get to interact with THEIR stuff is different.

    There is difference between “what you would like” and “what you are owed.”