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Got youtube premium so I can watch videos on my commute. NYC subway, no wifi, no 2g,3g,4g or 5g

• gruez 7y ago
  ...or use youtube-dl (or newpipe on your phone), which does the same for free
  • popup21 7y ago
    +1 for youtube-dl nifty little cli
  • Jonnax 7y ago
    Yeah there's a cheaper way. But like using Spotify versus ripping CDs or piracy, the convenience of the tool is the value.
    • catalogia 7y ago
      Convenience seems to be a slippery concept. From my perspective, the convenience of mpv+youtube-dl cannot be beat. Neither the official web player nor the official mobile applications have the features I expect or desire. For instance, I use text-to-speech to read aloud the subtitles of foreign language content. With mpv that's straight forward, but I wouldn't even know where to start with getting that to work using any of the official frontends of youtube.
  • Crash0v3rid3 7y ago
    So pirating videos and not supporting creators is the solution? I understand the complaints some folks have but this isn't the solution.