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So you can only legally watch Youtube videos when and where you have a fast and unlimited internet connection? That sucks... Let's say you only have a cellula
by username223 3y ago
So you can only legally watch Youtube videos when and where you have a fast and unlimited internet connection? That sucks...
Let's say you only have a cellular data plan, but it has a data cap, or your cell coverage is slow. So when a friend sends you a link to a video, you go to a library or coffee shop to download it to watch later. Is that "acting in bad faith?" I guess it gets in the way of Youtube's "right" to shove ads at your face, but avoiding the ads was not the point.
As was pointed out elsewhere in this thread, they failed to outlaw VCRs back in the day, so hopefully this nonsense will also get slapped down.
- andai 3y agoThe YouTube app lets you download videos and watch them online, but only with YouTube Premium. Similarly, Google removed any unofficial YouTube apps from the Play Store that supported playing with the screen off, because they want you to pay for it. Tangential (but infuriating): there was a several year gap between them banning apps with background playback, and actually launching that feature (via Premium) in my country...