I wonder if there is a market for a youtube downlod only mirror that creators can opt into, for this use case. Concurrent bandwidth requirements could be lower and no need for streaming tech. The service probably couldn't legally download from youtube and re-host, but if you made a desktop app that uploads to YT and the mirror service at the same time and mirrors the YT video ID on the mirror, that could be attractive to users.
All that said, how would such a service sustain itself? Probably ads. So really, same boat, different captain. I don't know.
Would you pay a subscription to be able to download your YT video queue?
...which just got a 40+% price bump. And has zero guarantee that it won't have ads, doesn't remove sponsored segments, and sends a pittance to the actual creators.
It already has ads, promoted videos are still in your feed and still promoted over your own preferences, whether you pay or not. And of course it doesn't stop creators from having sponsored content.
So it already doesn't stop the ads. It just stops pre-roll ads.
So cancel your premium subscription said some years later? At this hypothetical future time you’d be a lot more justified in piracy IMO, but today you don’t have much of a leg to stand on.
All that said, how would such a service sustain itself? Probably ads. So really, same boat, different captain. I don't know.
Would you pay a subscription to be able to download your YT video queue?