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I really don’t miss Reddit, I’ve deleted the accounts I had there and am much better off for it. I’m not sure when the real tipping point was but that platform has really lost its way.
If only the same freedom existed across all platforms. Like say HN. I do find it frustrating that the same freedom isn't accorded to you here.
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Doesn't the bot respond with a link to the saved video, which other users can then download without having to call the bot again? Whenever I've seen that bot or similar ones in a thread, the top one gets upvoted and duplicates get downvoted to the point of being hidden. This seems like the upvote/downvote system working as intended.
No, not really. Open _any_ video thread from the frontpage from yesterday and you will find multiple references to savevideo, getvideobot, downloadvideo, etc. All of them are different, competing bots participating in this spam race. Not to mention websites where there is no karma or equivalent (e.g. Twitter) and you just can't skip the spam to threadunroller or videodownloader or whatever.
Especially ironic considering most of reddit videos are downloaded and reposted from tiktok.
Users saving videos is a commercial problem for the owners of those videos. And we can't be having users enjoy videos without ads now, can we? The Reddit 'gods' may have decreed that this bot must die, but of course the real god of Reddit - and of all social media - is, of course, Mammon.
> Users saving videos is a commercial problem for the owners of those videos. 99.9% of videos uploaded on Reddit are not original content, they have been lifted from other platforms, very often by downloading them on said platforms then reuploading them on Reddit. The hypocrisy displayed by some tech companies is revolting.
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> If you don't want to download a python script to your machine (why?) Man, classic HN short-sightedness. Not everyone is comfortable with these tools. Not everyone has a Python interpreter installed by default. Not everyone is in a device/platform that can even run Python. These bots are just damn more convenient. Assuming you are accessing old.reddit.com in mobile (the One True Way), to download a video you need to…
I have literally _a toolbar button_ in my Android web browser that downloads the video of any page that I'm viewing right now. How can there be anything more convenient than that? But your comparison is extremely flawed anyway. E.g. "Fumble on your mobile keyboard to type the address of your preferred save video service." Even if you claim not to know how to use bookmarks, you still have history. Basically, the "unco…
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I really don’t miss Reddit, I’ve deleted the accounts I had there and am much better off for it. I’m not sure when the real tipping point was but that platform has really lost its way.
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If you work for reddit you should disclose that.
tl;dr use the damn youtube-dl. You still get your videos downloaded, you don't spam people who is discussing in the same thread, and Reddit "gods" can't do anything to block you. If you don't want to download a python script to your machine (why?), then use any of the million youtube-dl-wrapping websites online or one of the hundred browser extensions. I'm 99% sure "SaveVideo" is just wrapping youtube-dl anyway.
They can threaten to sue youtube-dl also. Not having a Reddit account doesn't stop a lawsuit.
I really don’t miss Reddit, I’ve deleted the accounts I had there and am much better off for it. I’m not sure when the real tipping point was but that platform has really lost its way.
Some youtuber explained the breakdown of Reddit in parts with yahoo banning nsfw from Tumblr and their community suddenly looking for new safe places (hence the big banning on Reddit began at the same time)
The problem is the site owners. They are growing increasingly user hostile.
It's quite funny for a content aggregation site to get all high and mighty about tools that make it easier to share and aggregate content.