I’ve never understood why websites like this exist when one can use yt-dlp locally, which will always be faster and give more control on the user.
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Why install additional packages which bog down my system when I can use a webapp? What about for users of machines where they lack privileges to install packages?
27MB is bogging down your system? And yt-dlp does not need admin privileges to be installed. All it needs is Python3 which is, if not ubiquitous, excessively common.
Because most people these days only own a smartphone.
Mobile?
At least here they're removing watermarks.
Now, is this a good thing? Meh. Maybe.
It almost definitely violates some sites ToS though..
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/Installation
Yeah, that totally looks like instructions my mom can follow. /s
But when did your mom ever need to download videos on her device when she can access them on the internet?
My mom downloads dance tutorials to her phone/iPad all the time.
My mother downloads YouTube videos as audio to put on her offline mp3 player so she can listen to music/podcasts/lectures etc. I'm sure some people are using it to download music too. There are many use cases.