Why is downloading videos from websites so difficult?? Please help!

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  • yt-dlp

    A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader

    Easy ones, which there are tools to help you detect and/or download videos automatically: yt-dlp, IDM, Neat, Stream detector, 1dm+...

  • aria2

    aria2 is a lightweight multi-protocol & multi-source, cross platform download utility operated in command-line. It supports HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, SFTP, BitTorrent and Metalink.

    Require you to understand how networks work, so you'll need to investigate browsers' dev tools (or with the help from Stream detector above), find headers, cookies... and download via yt-dlp, curl, aria2, some m3u8 download tools... If you basically understand how those work, you'll find your own ways to download them.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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