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Why do people still download music from YouTube in 2024? The quality is awful and it’s not even the easiest method of music piracy.

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Some music I like are fan covers/remixes that may only be on YouTube.

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Personally, some of the particular covers sang by Youtubers or certain compilations remind me of specific memories back when I was younger.

Also there’s a lot of songs that are not available anywhere else

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We could say the same thing for SoundCloud or any other music hosting service. It’s not a reason to do everything on that one platform, especially when better alternatives exist.

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Nope. Not really. I speak two local languages for example and none of them are in Soundcloud, it was never popular in my region.

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it’s not even the easiest method of music piracy.

What’s easier than pressing 2 buttons in my YouTube app?

The quality is awful

It’s perfectly acceptable for me

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You think YouTube audio is acceptable? Oof…

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Ignorance is bliss

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I download it from youtube because that’s where I found it, and I’m not entirely sure what’s easier than just copying/pasting the link of the page I’m already on. I’m very confident other methods have better quality, but easier is a big statement.

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Soulseek is easier.

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Does it just add a download button on the YouTube video? Because copy/paste is a pretty hard process to beat for simplicity.

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Plus, it’s more likely you’ll find music you want on YouTube than Spotify or wherever since the author just needs to upload a video

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