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We talk about the technical futility of copy protection. Or the erosion of fair use rights. But I have little sympathy for the parasitic websites that have buil
by whoopdedo 8y ago
We talk about the technical futility of copy protection. Or the erosion of fair use rights. But I have little sympathy for the parasitic websites that have built a business model out of violating Youtube's TOS. When Mozilla recently axed 23 extensions that were leaking browser history, 7 of them were for downloading videos or blocking ads on Youtube. This cottage industry is full of actors much less principled than the copyright cartel.
Now, if Google was smart they'd find a way to sell downloads. But good luck getting the media licensers to agree to it.
- i_am_nomad 8y agoWith regards to the people who install such extensions and end up with spyware, I’m reminded of the saying, “It’s hard to cheat an honest person.”
- crtasm 8y agoI don't know about that, there's plenty of innocuous extensions that either started off with hidden bad intentions or sold their userbase and went rogue.
- downrightmike 8y ago"Hey, you've streamed this 10 times, would you like to download and save us bandwidth?"