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You don't understand him suggesting a completely straightforward and easy solution to the problem?

If you don't want a solution and just want to talk about it that's fine. But his comment was productive and useful.

I use youtube-dl almost daily to archive interesting videos locally.

The original post said, "(YouTube is) a store of culture almost. A wealth of information and video would be lost, like rare videos which are only on youtube."

Archiving a store of culture and almost infinite rare videos is definitely not a straightforward and easy solution. Yes, you can save few interesting videos locally. But, that's not the point of the original post.

You gotta be the change you want to see even if you know it won't be enough to completely solve everything.

a completely straightforward and easy solution to the problem

But it isn't, due to the lack of coordination or standards. That's why protocols get established in the first place; without them, valuable stuff tends to get lost.

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