See a lot of people make money when you listen to something on YouTube a hundred times. YouTube (via ads), the ad industry (brokering the said ads), the music

See a lot of people make money when you listen to something on YouTube a hundred times. YouTube (via ads), the ad industry (brokering the said ads), the music industry and the artists (revenue share from loyalty based on number of plays). They are giving it away for "free" under the TOS that you "pay with your time" watching ads and don't copy their content. So when you download an MP3 of the YouTube content and listen offline outside of the YouTube player, that money stream goes away - so naturally the people making money off it get angry. And this does violate TOS - so they have a leg to sue on. In the end, the rights holder has the right to monetize their content. So if you do want to listen 100 times offline, buy the song or subscribe to something Spotify/Apple Music which do pay royalties on offline.