

“KeepVid won’t provide video/audio downloading feature from now on,” a KeepVid representative informed TorrentFreak, adding that they will focus on developing other audio and video tools going forward. When we asked the site about the reason for the turnaround, it confirmed that the downloading feature won’t return, but that’s about it. The KeepVid team isn’t commenting on the overhaul. The site now lists several alternative options to enjoy videos and music, including Netflix, Hulu, Spotify, and Pandora. While the site already made some changes over the years, such as restricting YouTube downloads to only “shared” videos, turning the download service into a cautioning educational page is rather unexpected. “Video downloading from the Internet will become more and more difficult, and KeepVid encourages people to download videos via the correct and legal ways,” the new KeepVid reads. On the contrary, the site warns that using video download and conversion tools might get people in trouble. Today, people can no longer use the KeepVid site to download videos. While the motivation is unknown at the time, KeepVid took its popular video download service offline without prior notice.

However, a few days ago the site radically changed its course. “KeepVid Video Downloader is a free web application that allows you to download videos from sites like YouTube, Facebook, Twitch.Tv, Vimeo, Dailymotion and many more.” This was still the case earlier this month when the site advertised itself as follows: The web application was free and worked without any hassle. For many years, KeepVid has been a prime destination for people who wanted to download videos from YouTube, Dailymotion, Facebook, Vimeo, and dozens of other sites.
