I will say that anyone who wants to download videos can just search "bluesky video downloader", I don't think the lack of a UI button deters any content thieves
There’s a difference between stopping casual theft and stopping determined thieves. Stopping the latter is probably not worth the effort. The first is low effort and 80% or more of the downloads probably.
Yeah, it's more just a social hint rather than anything that provides a hard stop. As a content creator you pretty much have to use a takedown service to protect your content.
i just feel like reconstructing the original mp4 from hls on the client when it's available as a blob is very much a crutch 😭
and also idk whether the cdn reencodes videos or not but if it does that would also mean reduced quality...