It doesn't have DRM because youtube download only extracts the direct download link and downloads them. There is no DRM on youtube. Example from the alleged off

It doesn't have DRM because youtube download only extracts the direct download link and downloads them. There is no DRM on youtube. Example from the alleged offending link, youtube-dl --skip-download --print-json https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxxajLWwzqY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxxajLWwzqY You can easily copy the links from the formats into your browser and they will play, you can wget them, anything. There is no DRM there, and if anyone convinced you otherwise, they lied.