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bdz ◴[12 Nov 25 13:17 UTC] No.45899768[source]▶

I use yt-dlp (and back then youtube-dl) all the time to archive my liked videos. Started back in around 2010, now I have tens of thousands of videos saved. Storage is cheap and a huge percent of them are not available anymore on the site.

I also save temporary videos removed after a time for example NHK honbasho sumo highlights which are only available for a month or so then they permanently remove them.

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1. chrsw ◴[12 Nov 25 14:28 UTC] No.45900630[source]▶

>>45899768 #

Anything you see on the Internet can be gone in a moment. If something is important to you, you must save it to guarantee you want to see it again.

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2. underlipton ◴[12 Nov 25 18:33 UTC] No.45903959[source]▶

>>45900630 (TP) #

The problem then becomes organizing and resurfacing content, especially when it'll likely be outside the context you originally found it.

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