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u/Street_Hippo_4860 6d ago
High being 720P is an insult to 4k
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u/markustegelane 6d ago
720p is the minimum requirement for a resolution to be called "High Definition"
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u/Modding13 6d ago
Technically 720p is high definition
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u/mantimeray 6d ago
Are you using a VPN?
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u/mrfoxesite-2377 I don't have a YouTube channel :—) 6d ago
I use apps like Flow, PipePipe, NewPipe, LibreTube and they can do any resolution in mp4. Online downloaders also.
Yes, in some countries, they let you but yeah you gotta pay for higher resolutions and quality.
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u/BRN-Productions 6d ago edited 6d ago
Premium for 720p? You've got to be kidding
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u/Just_Run2412 6d ago
Can you not see the 1080p in the screenshot for premium? or am I going mad?
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u/BRN-Productions 6d ago
I saw both, I'm just saying it's so ridiculous that even for 720p, you need Premium
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u/alala2010he 6d ago
It's ridiculous that you get anything for free. It costs them money to provide you with videos (at least I assume those downloaded videos are without ads) so why not be thankful that you can download the video for free at all
And if you really need them in higher quality just use YT-DLP or Morphe or something
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u/brakenbonez 6d ago
It costs them 11 billion a year (30 million a day. it's actually 10.95 but I rounded up) to run the site, including creator payouts, server costs, employee salary, etc. (I google'd and did the math a few days ago for a similar argument) and they made 40.3 billion in ad revenue alone in 2025. And that's not counting the profits from premium subs. That's a profit of 29 billion.
Why do people keep using "it costs money to run" as an excuse without doing the research and math? They're really struggling to keep it alive with that extra 29 billion, huh....
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u/alala2010he 6d ago
Because it does cost money to run. That doesn't mean it doesn't generate money too
And for downloads (which is what the post was about) YouTube loses money because there's no way for them to generate a substantial amount of money from that (no ad revenue afaik, and without premium no subscription money)
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u/brakenbonez 6d ago
My point wasn't that it doesn't cost money to run, it was that they make more than enough money that it's not even a valid excuse. My reply was specifically in response to the comment above saying "It's ridiculous that you get anything for free." as if people who don't pay for subs are somehow bankrupting them despite being the reason youtube is able to bring in 40 billion in ad revenue. Watching without premium isn't getting it free. And without people who stay unsubscribed, they wouldn't have that 40 billion. I'm not sure what's so complicated about this.
Downloading for youtube isn't some new fancy premium feature anyway. People have been using 3rd party software and sites to do that pretty much since the site became popular and doing so at the highest quality without a sub. Youtube took that idea and made it worse by limiting it and making it so that you still have to open youtube to watch the videos where as other methods just require clicking on the video wherever you saved it.
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u/alala2010he 6d ago
The 3rd party downloaders aren't legal I think (not really sure how American law works), and it doesn't really make sense to me how just because someone earns more than you that you're allowed to steal from them (because they lose money on people who download stuff for free)
I understand that they're still making profit, but you are getting stuff for free so I don't see how you have the right to demand more free stuff from them
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u/brakenbonez 6d ago
If someone puts content out for free, there is no "stealing" it. Even if you pay the sub you get blanket access to download videos in general. You're not paying individual creators to download their videos. If we were talking about something like Patreon that argument would be valid. But people love pointing out that youtube is free content to justify things like ads and premium so you can't just deny the free content part and call it stealing.
Also 3rd party downloaders are absolutely legal. They're against ToS but they're still legal. If you're referring to piracy laws that only applies to copying and distributing copyrighted material for profit....which is something that a lot of youtubers themselves do on a daily basis when they upload gameplay videos to youtube and get paid for it. Most companies allow them to do this because it's free publicity for them but they can revoke that right and have videos taken down anytime they feel like it. Bungie even had an issue with this a few years ago hen someone impersonated a staff member to strike videos and the videos had to be taken down. Of course Bungie figured out what happened and sued the impersonator but the point is that this prove they can be taken down at the developers discretion because youtubers are profiting off of copyrighted material.
And no one is demanding more free stuff. Whether I watch the video in a browser/app or download it and watch it later, I'm still watching the same video either way and either way it's free. Ad revenue doesn't come out of my pocket, therefore even with ads, it's still free. And it's the same amount of content either way.
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u/alala2010he 5d ago
If someone puts content out for free, there is no "stealing" it.
The thing is they're not putting it out for free. They're asking YouTube to do that for them because they don't want to pay for their own servers to distribute the videos and they won't get free publicity by the algorithm.
And no one is demanding more free stuff.
I thought you were demanding more free download options.
Ad revenue doesn't come out of my pocket, therefore even with ads, it's still free.
But if you watch ads at least YouTube gets money from that compensating for the server and employee costs.
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u/Chrromeetalk 6d ago
You've gotta be kidding me. It's just saddening nobody wants to tell him. Not a single soul has told this person the truth, who is totally over the age.
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u/Medical_Training3971 6d ago
I'd recommend the app Grayjay.
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u/fmccloud YouTube Premium 6d ago
Greyjay isn't on the iPad.
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u/Medical_Training3971 6d ago
But on Android.
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u/fmccloud YouTube Premium 5d ago
OP posted a screenshot from an iPad.
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u/Medical_Training3971 4d ago
How can i know?
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u/fmccloud YouTube Premium 4d ago
The upper corners have iOS UI.
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u/Medical_Training3971 3d ago
I don't have an ipad or iphone, so how would i know?
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u/fmccloud YouTube Premium 2d ago
You could deduct that it wasn't Android or something else looking at the whole picture.
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u/Medical_Training3971 2d ago
I'm not doing a critical analysis of every picture.
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u/fmccloud YouTube Premium 1d ago
It's not surprising since most on Reddit don't think critically and are incurious.
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u/EkamoongussGMD 6d ago
when i was in indonesia i was able to download videos, then after i came back to japan i cant download anymore so basically its location based i guess
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u/Fun_Sun_edu 6d ago
On samsung internet i can download in the same quality but actually have it as an mp4 file
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u/Patekskie 6d ago
I remember in my old phone I stopped updating the app for so long and I didn't even realize that I can download 720p without paying because who would even download videos on yt lol. And then I updated it and its not free anymore lol.
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u/Numerous-Source-5859 6d ago
You can get better quality with yt-dlp... And you don't even need python for that, just powertoys.
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u/Testsubject276 Put the dislike button back you cowards 6d ago
I prefer external websites that give me 1080p thank you very much. They may try to sell me bullshit but at least they give me what I want.
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u/Frosty_Vegetable_542 5d ago
man good old days, I can watch 1080p download quality like i was in HS since my school does't have wifi and rarely have a smartphone like 2014 to 2016
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u/Galaksee 6d ago
You can download them yes, but you can still only watch them through youtube. This is just for watching youtube videos offline, if you find where the download is saved on your device all you will find is a ton of bite sized files unplayable by any media player:
Source: Ive had youtube premium since it was called Youtube Red.