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I believe they have the actual videos to download, "exclusively for academic and non-commercial research." and you have to request access, https://projects.laio

by ks2048 21d ago

I believe they have the actual videos to download, "exclusively for academic and non-commercial research." and you have to request access, https://projects.laion.ai/bvd/bvd-raw-access.html https://projects.laion.ai/bvd/bvd-raw-access.html They say they used yt-dlp and "employ a residential proxy network". But, yeah, youtube seems to now more aggressively block yt-dlp.

kennyadam 21d ago
Ha, is it just me or does a “residential proxy network” sound like a fancy way of saying “botnet”?
- m00dy 21d ago
  Nope, they’re different things. Proxy networks like Proxybase [0] use open-source clients and ask for the user’s consent before allowing them to join the network. [0] https://proxybase.xyz https://proxybase.xyz
- MallocVoidstar 21d ago
  Basically all of them are botnets, yes. They generally claim to have consent but I'm pretty sure 99% of it is "some app the user uses has it buried in a 200 page ToS"-style consent.
  - m00dy 21d ago
    No, they are not. Just ask any AI.
    - MallocVoidstar 20d ago
      The companies say they have consent because saying "yeah we'll give you access to a botnet" is illegal. https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/disrupting-largest-residential-proxy-network https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/dis... >These SDKs, which are offered to developers across multiple mobile and desktop platforms, surreptitiously enroll user devices into the IPIDEA network. If I install an app with a big ToS and buried in there is "we use third-party monetization SDKs" and buried in there is "welcome to our botnet" they do not actually have my consent.
- stymaar 21d ago
  It's the "legal version" of botnets, yes.
kevmo314 21d ago
That’s a pretty penny on the bandwidth bill alone!
maybewhenthesun 21d ago
> youtube seems to now more aggressively block yt-dlp. Another thing to thank AI for! /s

by ks2048 21d ago

kennyadam 21d ago

Ha, is it just me or does a “residential proxy network” sound like a fancy way of saying “botnet”?

m00dy 21d ago
Nope, they’re different things. Proxy networks like Proxybase [0] use open-source clients and ask for the user’s consent before allowing them to join the network. [0] https://proxybase.xyz https://proxybase.xyz
MallocVoidstar 21d ago
Basically all of them are botnets, yes. They generally claim to have consent but I'm pretty sure 99% of it is "some app the user uses has it buried in a 200 page ToS"-style consent.
- m00dy 21d ago
  No, they are not. Just ask any AI.
  - MallocVoidstar 20d ago
    The companies say they have consent because saying "yeah we'll give you access to a botnet" is illegal. https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/disrupting-largest-residential-proxy-network https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/dis... >These SDKs, which are offered to developers across multiple mobile and desktop platforms, surreptitiously enroll user devices into the IPIDEA network. If I install an app with a big ToS and buried in there is "we use third-party monetization SDKs" and buried in there is "welcome to our botnet" they do not actually have my consent.
stymaar 21d ago
It's the "legal version" of botnets, yes.

kevmo314 21d ago

That’s a pretty penny on the bandwidth bill alone!

maybewhenthesun 21d ago

> youtube seems to now more aggressively block yt-dlp. Another thing to thank AI for! /s