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I built TubeDL because I was tired of sketchy web-based video downloaders with ads and malware.

It's a native macOS app (Swift/AppKit) with a clean UI wrapped around yt-dlp. Local processing only - videos never touch my servers.

Free tier: 720p, 5 downloads daily Pro: $19 one-time (no subscription) for unlimited 4K

Looking for feedback on positioning and features. What would make this more useful?

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