I started using Ncdownloader (which works on top of yt2k) extension for my Nextcloud installation, so now I just copy paste video url and get either an MP4 or m

I started using Ncdownloader (which works on top of yt2k) extension for my Nextcloud installation, so now I just copy paste video url and get either an MP4 or mp3 in my cloud where I don't worry about ads. I think their argument that they do this to "ensure that its content creators are compensated for their work" is not genuine given their practice to de-monetize the same content creators with no explanation or, apparently, for their political views. For example, California Insider youtube channel was demonitized and I suspect that this is because Google was unhappy with the narrative.