why can you easily download pictures from most websites, but can’t right click and download videos?
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While the other posts are technically correct about how video is streamed in pieces, making it intentionally difficult to download as a file, the truth is theoretically and technically you CAN download anything displayed in your browser, but you’ll need a third party plugin to do so. These tend to fall afoul of licensing agreements, so get kicked out of app stores, or their technical method gets superseded by technical changes to the streaming service. So you have to update them frequently. But they do work, I use them from time to time.
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