> Still though, I don't understand why downloading from yt is so important nowadays. --- In my personal case, almost all of my "quality Youtube time" is spent

> Still though, I don't understand why downloading from yt is so important nowadays. --- In my personal case, almost all of my "quality Youtube time" is spent in areas where there's no wired internet or cellular signal. So I download what looks interesting and watch it when I have time. Before that, when streaming was a practical option, I tried revisiting some videos I had already watched, only to be find they had been taken down. This happened often enough to be annoying. So, everything gets saved to local storage, and eventually to on-site and off-site backups.