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Is 4chan the perfect Pirate Bay poster child to justify wider UK site-blocking?

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361 points gloxkiqcza | 1 comments | 24 Aug 25 16:30 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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everdrive ◴[24 Aug 25 18:44 UTC] No.45006602[source]▶
The free internet might be gone in the next decade. Probably time to buy a few hard drives and do some archiving. I don't just mean piracy. Articles, blogs, anything you find precious.
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LeoPanthera ◴[25 Aug 25 04:20 UTC] No.45010166[source]▶
I've been downloading YouTube videos for the past few years. Not randomly, from specific channels I select. Today I passed 12100 videos.

It's getting harder. YouTube keeps making yt-dlp work worse. (And I started when it was youtube-dl!) I limit my downloader script to no more than 2 videos at a time, every 3 hours, hopefully in order not to trip any rate limits. All good so far.

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PUSH_AX ◴[25 Aug 25 05:42 UTC] No.45010588[source]▶
Isn’t an official downloading functionality part of their premium offering? If you’re a power user perhaps it’s worth just paying.
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LeoPanthera ◴[25 Aug 25 06:18 UTC] No.45010788[source]▶
I am a premium subscriber, but "downloaded" videos are trapped inside the app. You can't actually get them out.
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1. fluoridation ◴[25 Aug 25 17:10 UTC] No.45016133{3}[source]▶
Wow, what garbage. Good thing to know. It was the single thing that appealed to me about that service.