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0 pointsRicoElectrico3y ago0 comments

> I believe YouTube limits your bitrate if you don't pass a specific calculated value

It's starting to become Widevine bullshit all over again.

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It's their platform. They can do with it what they want.

Many channels would be more than happy to enable download options, if possible.

Hell, how is Creative Commons licence they totally give you option to select, work in case of videos that can't be downloaded in any way?

But would the channel owner be happy to enable download options if $0.09 per GB downloaded was subtracted from their ad revenue?

jraph3y ago

They've also chosen to be a monopoly.

vukgr3y ago

Just because they have the right to do it doesn't make it right.

it’s sort of an extension of the state / surveillance

It's their platform but it's also a web site and that comes with certain expectations of interoperability.

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