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> into a user agent instead of a download tool? There's no legal distinction. It is a user agent, it's a web tool (agent) acting on your (the user's) behalf.

• amelius 6y ago
  I mean Chrome and Firefox are user agents too, which can also access YouTube's content.
  • fao_ 6y ago
    Their sole purpose is not saving the content, they provide functionality to do so, but they are mainly meant for emphemeral viewing, not downloading
    • amelius 6y ago
      Yes, so my idea would be to make youtube-dl a tool for viewing content without annoying ads and it could be extended to be a download tool (in another project, operating in a more gray legal area). This means that most developers in the project could contribute in a completely legal way.
      • type0 6y ago
        > it could be extended to be a download tool (in another project, operating in a more gray legal area). don't have to be grey area, offline viewing is perfectly legal in many jurisdictions