Yt-dlp – A YouTube-dl fork with additional features and fixes

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 11:50 PM UTC

totetsu wrote: post #70

Macha wrote: post #38

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They were DMCAed, they got bad press out of it, they eventually stood up for the developer in exchange for a token concession (deleting test data that referred to copyrighted music and was named in the complaint): https://github.blog/2020-11-16-standing-up-for-developers-yo... , and reversed the takedown unilaterally (which would mean the claimant could take github/microsoft to court if they felt like it). Whether it…

I still can't access my fork of YouTube DL with all my custom plugin work on GitHub

Post by anonymousab » Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 11:51 PM UTC

azinman2 wrote: post #62

lawl wrote: post #42

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> Are the sponsor parts really so bad? To me not only is it easy to skip, I want indie people to make enough money to produce high quality content; otherwise media is just what a few biggies want to fund. In my experience, it's the same with ads everywhere else. It (usually) starts out not being overly obnoxious, with just a "this video is sponsored by [garbage tier mobile game/earphones/vpn/whatever] more about them…

But what then do you think is a realistic alternative? YouTube costing $20/mo or more? Can’t watch videos without a patron? If your answer is nothing — I expect everything for free, then that’s both unrealistic and parasitic.

Post by InvertedRhodium » Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 11:56 PM UTC

azinman2 wrote: post #62

lawl wrote: post #42

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> Are the sponsor parts really so bad? To me not only is it easy to skip, I want indie people to make enough money to produce high quality content; otherwise media is just what a few biggies want to fund. In my experience, it's the same with ads everywhere else. It (usually) starts out not being overly obnoxious, with just a "this video is sponsored by [garbage tier mobile game/earphones/vpn/whatever] more about them…

But what then do you think is a realistic alternative? YouTube costing $20/mo or more? Can’t watch videos without a patron? If your answer is nothing — I expect everything for free, then that’s both unrealistic and parasitic.

Post by _yoqn » Fri, Aug 27, 2021, 12:01 AM UTC

dang wrote: post #103

_yoqn wrote: post #44

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Post by sen » Fri, Aug 27, 2021, 12:06 AM UTC

sbarre wrote: post #96

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I pay for YouTube premium but still see them. That’s not OK, especially when the creators make 10x more money off YouTube Premium users than from ad-based users. YouTube needs to make a way for creators to label the sponsor sections and it skips it for Premium users. As for why downloading, I download any/every video I find useful so I don’t have to go back to YouTube to watch it later. Everything from blender tutori…

> YouTube needs to make a way for creators to label the sponsor sections and it skips it for Premium users. I have read that more and more creators use sponsored segments because that pays much better than YT revshare.. So they may not care about the Premium user experience as much, and if Premium lets people skip sponsored segements, that might drive down the overall segment viewership, AND increase Premium subscrib…