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I don't think this is a fair criticism.

1) The step where you evaluate "how they perform" is necessarily subjective.

2) you could design a study and recruit participants but that isn't something a blogger is going to do.

3) He does link to polls where people agree with the idea the result have gotten worse. Yeah, there are sampling problems with a poll, but its better than nothing.

In this case especially, the writer is answering the question: "Whose results are best according to my tastes?"

cross-posted: Did you try using savefrom.net? You can type "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkYVmtgxebU" into the text box and hit "Download". Then you'll get a new tab that tries to get you to install malware. If you decline to install it, the new tab takes you to the malware's homepage. If you close the tab and go back to the original tab, savefrom.net presents you with an error message saying "The download link not found." and does not help you download the video.

I often default to using Kagi’s FastGPT when I want direct information instead of a starting point for web browsing. It combines web searches with LLM summarization to produce an integrated, sourced answer. Kinda like “New Bing” with a better interface. You can trigger this mode by adding “!fast” to your query, going to https://kagi.com/fastgpt, or using their API. Here’s what it returned for me on those specific queries: ========== "why do wider tires have better grip?" Wider tires provide better grip due to having a larger contact patch with the road surface. A larger contact patch means the tire can disperse the weight of the vehicle over a wider area, reducing pressure. This allows for more friction between the tire and road, improving traction and cornering ability. However, wider tires do not necessarily provide better grip in wet conditions. [1][2][3][4][5] 1. wheels - Does a wider tire always mean more grip/traction - Motor ... 2. Do Wider Tires Give You More Grip? Not All the Time 3. Learn Me: Wider tires = more Grip? = Faster cornering?| Grassroots ... 4. Wide or narrow tires? Here's how your choice will affect driving ... 5. VIDEO: Do wider tires offer more grip? - BMW M3 and BMW M4 Forum ========== "why do they keep making cpu transistors smaller?" There are a few key reasons why CPU manufacturers keep making transistors smaller: 1. Smaller transistors allow more transistors to be placed on a single chip, enabling increased processing power. More transistors results in more capabilities and performance. [1] 2. Smaller transistors use less power and produce less heat. This allows CPUs to operate faster and with more cores/threads within the same power and thermal envelope. [2] 3. Moore's Law, an observation made by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore in 1965, predicted that the number of transistors on integrated circuits doubles approximately every two years. Following this trend has driven the semiconductor industry to continue shrinking transistors. [3] 4. Smaller transistors can switch on and off faster, enabling increased clock speeds. This directly leads to increased performance. [1] However, we are rapidly approaching the fundamental physical limits of transistor shrinkage. Transistors cannot be smaller than an atom, which is around 0.2 nanometers for silicon. [4] Alternative technologies like carbon nanotube transistors may be needed to continue performance growth beyond this point. [5] 1. Why does computer chip process size have to keep getting smaller ... 2. Why does smaller = less heat? - CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory ... 3. What Is Moore's Law and Is It Still True? 4. Transistors are an essential building block used in almost every ... 5. These Transistor Gates Are Just One Carbon Atom Thick - IEEE ... ========== "vancouver snow forecast winter 2023" Based on the context provided: The winter of 2023-2024 in Vancouver is expected to see less snow and milder temperatures than typical winters. Forecasts predict a below average snowfall season with warmer weather [1][2][3][4][5][6]. Long range forecasts through December 2023 for southern British Columbia call for showers along the coast and less precipitation inland [7]. Metro Vancouver's fall and winter is also predicted to be a potentially 'down' snow year [4]. Confidence is high for a mild winter in western Canada with reduced snowfall amounts [5]. However, specific snowfall totals are uncertain given the long lead time [6]. 1. Vancouver winter weather: Less snow, milder temperatures ... 2. 2023-2024 British Columbia Winter Forecast Preview | OpenSnow 3. Snow Prediction Vancouver Winter 2023/24 — Alblaster Snow ... 4. Metro Vancouver's fall, winter forecast | CityNews Vancouver 5. What will this winter be like? Grab the hot cocoa — here's your 2023 ... 6. Canada's Winter Forecast: El Niño a critical factor for the season ... 7. 60-Day Extended Weather Forecast for Vancouver, BC | Almanac.com

I tried this. I went to savefrom.net. First thing it does is ask permission to send notifications.

After that there is a popup asking me if I want to continue in the browser or download their app. If I click download, it downloads a file called download_helper_2.3.27.apk.

Instead of downloading their app, if I paste a YouTube link, it tells me I can wait or download their APK to skip waiting. The download link downloads an older version called download_helper_2.3.19.apk.

When I do the process again, instead of the older APK link it gives me a Chrome extension link. But if you look at the instructions you see that it's not a Chrome extension, but a minified userscript. And it has `@include https://*` so it can basically run on any website regardless of clicking on an extension icon like regular browser extensions.

If I try to ignore all the distractions and wait for the download link, I can click it and it downloads the MP4 file. But it also opens a popunder with the domain https://refpamjeql.top/.

Not the best experience, and seems like a high risk of getting malware, but it does get an MP4 file at some point.

Interesting! I tried again and got completely different results this time. Now there's no malware tab, and instead it tries to get me to pay for a subscription to download high-quality videos or MP3s. If I click the barely-visible "Just let me download in my browser with low quality" below the paid subscription button, I get the same error as before.

Edit: the paid subscription payment flow says I'm actually buying "Televzr Premium Max Subscription for

1 Month_mp

Televzr helps get wireless access to the media library on the computer from the mobile phone"

So it purports to be something unrelated to downloading youtube videos. I didn't pay 1400 yen for it, so I won't get to find out if it helps me download youtube videos.