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dannyw on July 5, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Youtube-dl: Command-line program to download video...

Those downloads get removed if the uploader deletes the video.

swebs on July 5, 2018 [–]

How does that work? Does it require giving Youtube access to your file system?

dannyw on July 6, 2018 | [–]

Downloads only work within the app. Videos are DRM’d and you must connect to the internet at least once every 30 days to watch.

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