What people actually use it for
A download tool is only as interesting as the problem it solves. These are the five that come up most often.
Fill the laptop before the aeroplane door closes
Aeroplane wifi is dreadful, tunnels are worse, and hotel connections are a lottery. Queue the evening before and the flight looks after itself.
Read moreYour back catalogue should not live on one platform
Channels get struck, hacked, mistakenly flagged and occasionally deleted outright. If the only copy of four years of work is the platform's copy, that is a single point of failure.
Read moreThe projector should not depend on the wifi
Classroom connections fail at exactly the wrong moment, and a buffering wheel in front of thirty people is its own kind of lesson. A local file just plays.
Read moreSometimes you only wanted the audio
Long-form talks, sets, mixes and interviews are frequently better with the screen off. Pull the audio out and put it on whatever you actually listen on.
Read moreCite it after it has been deleted
Public statements get quietly edited, and accounts get wiped. If your reporting rests on a video, resting on somebody else's copy of it is a risk.
Read moreWhichever one you are
The free plan needs no account and no card. Ten downloads a day, 1080p, all 1300+ sites.