[stevefan1999]

I don't think so. Youtube-DL can rip some popular Chinese VOD websites such as Bilibili and iQIYI, thus will first be "subjectable" to the Chinese equivalent of DMCA.

Worse, these companies are often backed/protected by powerful figures (often under the umbrella of some influential state members) and under such power, these kind of "threats" will be eradicated very efficiently, especially with Bilibili which is partially "state-monitored" (not sure if sponsored) due to the presence of the channel of the official youth branch of CCP is opened there [1].

Thus, relocating your repository to gangs aren't safe at all.

A rule of thumb: The prerequisite for your business to survive in China is that you need to have powerful affiliates, and make sure you do not piss off that powerful guy.

[1]: https://space.bilibili.com/20165629?from=search&seid=1277417...

[DarthGhandi]

It's hilarious how people on this site reacts at the mere mention of China on any topic. Everyone is apparently an expert.

Gitee has hosted a youtube-dl mirror for years.

https://gitee.com/mirrors/youtube-dlg

[justinclift]

Um, that doesn't look like a youtube-dl mirror?

It seems to be an old (last updated 2 yrs ago) project providing some kind of gui for youtube-dl.

[stevefan1999]

Hate to say about it but I'm ethically Chinese and I just happened to know some little thing about it...I know it's a great gambit so I hope I don't have to use the race card at the very least...

Then people straight out attacking me thinking I'm attacking China...

[fapjacks]

Were you born and raised in China? If not, this is the lamest reply ever. Using any "race card" is never okay, not only because it is just a perversion of appeal to authority, but also because your ethnicity does not impart any special secret knowledge about the universe that a few supporting links can't also reveal. Appealing to your ethnicity is not a proxy for being a member of some culture.