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I'm on iphone

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

yt-dlp can download playlists.

My experience has been that if you download absolutely massive amounts, Google will ban your IP for anonymous access for some weeks.

[–] dragnucs@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I guess you can still use it on the phone with termux.

[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

How does this avoid the ban risk?

[–] dragnucs@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

I don't think it does.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you're using mobile data rather than WiFi off a home network, I suppose.

[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I don't see how that would help. Your device is still connecting to YouTube. It can still be banned.

[–] dragnucs@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

I don't think it does.

[–] mangaskahn@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

You can also try Pinchflat, Its a web front end for yt-dlp, super easy to install ASA docker container.

[–] loppwn@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

pinchflat can also subscribe to a user and auto dl new videos

[–] kionite231@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can use your browser cookies to circumvent the ban

[–] tal@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month ago

I avoid getting Google accounts; if I don't sign in, no cookies.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Switch to an Android device (Where you can use Seal from F-Droid) or Linux (Where you can use Parabolic), copy the link of the playlist into the app, hit download.

[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Why are people downvoting you?

Edit: I guess it's because you offered an impractical solution.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Actually went with a-shell and yt-dlp, works like a charm

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So glad you found a working solution! To be honest, I'm a bit surprised iOS allows terminal apps 🤣 But in a good way

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Probably good for Apple's engineers to have that tool for personal and work stuff so I'm glad they figured it out.

Same with emulators, thats pretty recent to

[–] rickdg@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"I'm on iphone" means you don't have a lot of options. You can get youtube premium and just use their download feature.

[–] laurathepluralized@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Youtube Premium also includes Youtube Music, which allows downloading music-specific playlists for offline listening, but you're stuck playing them in the Youtube Music app, AFAIK.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

How to do on macOS?