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ZedK's avatar

Actually, cobalt can be self hosted, and therefore there are community instances of it out there like cobalt.meowing.de that still allow YouTube downloads!

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Chris Hoffman's avatar

Oh wow - thank you for that comment! That's incredibly useful. (I've added a link to your comment right into the post -- thanks!)

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Ed Zucker's avatar

I use an app named SmartTube. It is designed Android-based set-top boxes and tv. It skips YouTube ads. It is open source.

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Steve's avatar

I used to download music videos but had to stop when they started to get blocked, bummer! Thanks for sharing. Hope you & yours have a wonderful weekend. On a side note, no tax for tips applies to creators.

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Thomas's avatar

Great article!

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Abhimanyu Ghoshal's avatar

Loved this one! I hadn't ever thought about youtube downloaders this deeply before, but I did start to wonder about them recently when I found that a couple of old user-friendly ones had gone offline - and most others I came across were awfully sketchy.

Fantastic dive into the' why's here Chris. Looking forward to the next issue!

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