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Many in here don't understand why you need this if it's a CLI app which obviously means you could probably monetise this and earn a living from it.
by davzie 5y ago
Many in here don't understand why you need this if it's a CLI app which obviously means you could probably monetise this and earn a living from it.
- colejohnson66 5y agoIf it’s monetized, I doubt many users would get it. There’s already many web based YouTube downloaders (that are free); Just Google “download youtube”. Sure, youtube-dl supports a hell of a lot more than just YouTube, but not everyone knows that.
- TheNewAndy 5y agoI assumed that most of the web based ones were using youtube-dl behind the scenes.
- ducktective 5y agoHow did you reach that conclusion from your premise?
- rgoulter 5y agoI read it as half-sarcastic. A sincere half is that technical users can't quite understand what less-technical users would appreciate. The tongue in cheek half of "why not just..." will always smell a bit like the infamous comment discussing how DropBox doesn't provide value, since anyone could set the same kindof thing up themselves.
- lostgame 5y agoI think there’s a massive legal risk from monetizing something that exists to download mostly copyrighted content.
- genewitch 5y agoIf you're downloading so you can watch it and not for rebroadcast there's literally no difference functionally or legally between clicking a link and opening it in a browser and using youtube-dl . The upside is when someone's account gets terminated for whatever reason you can still watch the content.