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Users saving videos is a commercial problem for the owners of those videos. And we can't be having users enjoy videos without ads now, can we?

The Reddit 'gods' may have decreed that this bot must die, but of course the real god of Reddit - and of all social media - is, of course, Mammon.

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> Users saving videos is a commercial problem for the owners of those videos.

99.9% of videos uploaded on Reddit are not original content, they have been lifted from other platforms, very often by downloading them on said platforms then reuploading them on Reddit.

The hypocrisy displayed by some tech companies is revolting.

Exactly. Meanwhile, TikTok includes an official "save video" button...

But adds a clearly visible and annoying animated watermark.

So does Reddit for images.

It's really smart, the location changes randomly so you can't use automated tools to crop it out. Newer clients add an end credit display too, maybe 1-2 seconds that shows the original creator's username.

I'll take a watermark over having to jump through hoops to get stuff downloaded any day.

Ability to directly link to said media would be better, but this is the world we live in...

Youtube-dl works just fine on Reddit, but for all the non-technical users this will work fine to prevent them from spreading the content and sharing a link instead.

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