[cowchase]

It's just a matter of time until Apple kills this app. Not even web browsers are allowed to save downloaded YouTube videos for offline use (http://www.icab.de/blog/2013/01/26/app-reviews-are-unpredict...).

[halviti]

I don't know. It is against YouTube's ToS, and the owner's copyright, but the app isn't for YouTube, it's just for videos in general.

If I download Flickr photos with the built in "save image" feature, then I'm violating Flickr's ToS, and the owner's copyright, but it doesn't make the save image feature a bad thing.

[youngerdryas]

iCab can download videos and is far and away the best browser for iOS.

http://www.icab.de/mobile.html

[cowchase]

iCab Mobile had to remove the YouTube download function with the latest update:

Apple rejected the update. The reason was not the bugfix, they rejected the App because of a feature that was available for years in iCab Mobile and which is also available in hundreds of other Apps in the AppStore. They rejected the App because it is able to download videos from YouTube so you can watch the videos offline.

[youngerdryas]

This really bad for the developer as he is on his blog apologizing for the loss of a feature. Apparently it is only disabled for YouTube, whose ToS Apple has to respect. Guess I won't be upgrading cause it is so useful to download on wifi rather than burn mobile data. Also videos disappear never to be seen again.