[bluetidepro]

Off topic but related… With so many ways to get around downloading videos/media like this for example, I will never understand why companies don’t just allow videos to be saved like a picture. Add a simple download button to make it obvious and simple for users to download a video. For example, Tiktok has this, and just adds their watermark to the downloaded video.

It’s just a false sense of security to users when they think people “can’t” download their content. Even apps like Snapchat that are marketed to be “save proof” are def not. I think it’s a betrayal to the user for any company to pretend a user’s media is “safe” from downloads/screenshots/etc.

[drexlspivey]

Pretty obvious isn’t it? If you download the video from youtube/twitter/whatever and you watch it from your hard drive next time, they can’t serve you an ad.

[reportgunner]

They want to spy on what you are doing when browsing their website, giving you a video without hoops to jump through stops them from doing that.

They don't really care if you have a good time or if you really watch the video, it's just a bait.

[RobotToaster]

If they used standard HTML video elements it would be just as easy, but everyone wants to use their own non-standard players.

[egeozcan]

Actually most use the HTML video element but use JS to download blobs and add them as src, and/or bury the elements like this:

https://imgur.com/C8AP7y0 (random video I found on threads as an example)

Just to break native download functionality and/or add own silly controls on top.

[fallingknife]

It keeps 95% of people from downloading it.