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Seeing how there are official and unofficial options to download videos from YouTube, I wondered why downloading of videos was endorsed in the first place, I have downloaded videos in the past, but it was due to some project work. I haven't really downloaded a video for entertainment, education or any personal reason at all. I feel like the type of stuff I watch on YouTube are just for one time consumption and are not meant to be replayed. Is there some sort of content, like a category of videos or videos from a specific creator that I can download and watch in my device offline any number of times and still not get bored with it?

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[–] Granixo@feddit.cl 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
[–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks 2 points 1 year ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/8ndBoc6R8_A?si=XtMiEgskdS2ffcb-

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

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[–] T0RB1T@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Does anyone know what the new

?si=1gfyLNXsB0DtB0xC

Metadata actually represents or does?

I noticed it being added now, after I updated(?) my Revanced build.

But I know it's not necessary for the link to work.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It stands for Share ID and it’s a method of tracking who is sharing videos. Always strip those tracking segments from URLs when you share things

[–] T0RB1T@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I figured it was tracking.

[–] starfennec@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Probably tracking, Spotify urls have included this for a while now.
The value seems to be different every time you share something so it must include a timestamp.
I always remove this part of urls before sharing them because they could potentially help identify you on any other website where you paste it.