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It's primary and major purpose is to download videos from video platforms. One of the biggest advantages of youtube-dl is how universally it works: If a page hosts video, is even slightly common/known, and isn't primarily a warez site (youtube-dl specifically refuses to build support for those!), youtube-dl most likely supports it.

Not having to find a clean and working version of "<somesite> downloader" and install/learn it, and instead being able to rely on one piece of software is incredibly valuable.

One of the most recent things I downloaded is a Reddit video. Reddit makes the link annoying to find, but youtube-dl handles it.