[amelius]

The next generation will want to download the video and store it, just in case it gets pulled because of content owner rights.

[dublinben]

The current generation already does.

[theandrewbailey]

I still have lots of pre-Youtube (and even ripped Youtube) videos hanging around my backups, and I still want to keep them.

[mintplant]

I already do this with everything online that matters to me. `wget -r`, HTTrack, and youtube-dl are great tools.

[rtpg]

I get your point, but I wonder how much YouTube content gets watched by the same person multiple times.

Like how long does a single person care about a video? Vlogs are pretty "read once"