cobalt lets you save what you love without ads, tracking, paywalls or other nonsense. just paste the link and you're ready to rock! it's a different kind of a downloader: nothing is ever cached or stored, all media is proxied directly to the user. the source code is public and anyone can host their own instance at any time: https://github.com/imputnet/cobalt
Regarding of the initial idea of Product Hunt, I want to share with the community a tool I've found across Internet and its name is Cobalt
Cobalt is a platform which helps you to download video, audio, GIF, etc from any site or social media – with just one click. Paste URL and push the button, that's all.
No ads, trackers, paywalls, or other nonsense. just a convenient web app that works anywhere, whenever you need it.
Cobalt was created for public benefit, to protect people from ads and malware pushed by its alternatives. we believe that the best software is safe, open, and accessible.
You can find more information about the project's motivation and mission on their website, as well as all the ways how to support Cobalt – because it's free to use (but donations are always welcome for the team)
This definitely seems like a very useful product! I'm curious though-how will it generate revenue? Will the approach be similar to ad-blocking extensions on Chrome browsers?
@zhiqi_shi hi, thanks for your comment, but better forward it directly to the team via contacts on their webpage: no any members of Cobalt actually involved into this launch
@zhiqi_shi revenue is not really our goal here, we rely on donations & partnerships (such as with royalehosting) to keep cobalt online.
btw, if you're looking for a proper and unbiased/unsponsored adblocker, try "ublock origin".
Very useful..does what it says...the UI is nice but simple which makes it user-friendly (easy to use for everyone) and the best of it's kind for mobile browsing
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