I don’t know about this app, but to download videos from the internet I recommend yt-dlp or any app based on this library. It is pretty good, reliable, fast and battle-tested.
The code is partially open source (according to wikipedia), therefore only the reviewable code is potentially secure (assuming people review the code).
I think the yt-dlp also has the ability to download videos from other sites as well.
Why is this even a discussion? Use open source, free, tools like youtube-dl or yt-dlp. There is no reason to use anything else when those exist, are trusted, don’t cost anything, and can even be contributed to (since they’re open source).
Whether they do or do not is mostly irrelevant here. There is no personal information associated with downloading a video off the internet. If a tool claims they need info, they’re lying. youtube-dl and yt-dlp won’t collect any info from you. They’ll just do their job.
Then use youtube-dl or yt-dlp.
I suggest marking a post here as the solution, and ending this discussion. There is no way to properly assess whether or not the proprietary tool you’re inquiring about is private and secure or not. No easy way at least. And there is no reason to, because verifiably private tools exist.
I want to keep this thread open because I want to choose a video downloader App and then come back to this thread and give my feedback as to what works best and what is the most secure.
I feel like a question about downloading video is only going to become MORE important as time goes by with so many streaming services and the shut down of many companies removing blu-ray/DVD and moving to exclusively having streaming video to buy their products.
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I just think this topic will be extremely valuable to this community.
What is the safest place to download new apps from?
I used to trust sourceforge.net but then it turned out they were adding in malware and ads into their apps so now I’m EXTREMELY cautious of where I download from!
A question like this probably deserves its own thread…
