On 12/22/2017 04:06 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> writes:
I've never used youtube before.
One thing to note explicitly: YouTube is deliberately designed to
thwart downloading videos.
YouTube's owner (Google, Alphabet, whatever they call themselves next
year) have chosen a business model [0] that benefits when more people
keep watching videos *via the site* [1]. So downloading videos from
the site works directly against the business model they have chosen.
I personally consider Google goal is to be as obnoxious as possible.
I avoid them whenever physically possible.
