I feel the same, but at the same time, it's a similar process as with adblockers; it's an arms race of obfuscation. If you can view a video in your browser, the

I feel the same, but at the same time, it's a similar process as with adblockers; it's an arms race of obfuscation. If you can view a video in your browser, then it principally follows that you can save it to your hard drive. (Similarly, if you're displaying an ad, it follows that you can not display an ad.) youtube-dl being more known isn't that hazardous, as long as there's a community of people ready to confront the latest ballast sent to make people's lives more miserable - which there is so far, and I'm honestly incredibly grateful for that.