It’s all got to do with licences and patents, and which companies backed which standards.

I self-host MeTube, and have a shortcut set up for my share-screen. When I see a video I want downloaded, I hit the Share button, and press the custom script that sends the link to be downloaded onto my Emby server.

There are great ideas about taxing consumption, while getting rid of tax on labour.

The fundamental problem is that there’s money to be made by consuming more and more “sustainable” resources. The real solution is to reduce consumption on a global scale.

What do you mean by “I do not download and upload at the same time”?

I've cleaned out plenty of Lightning ports over the years. Filled with gunk. Most of the time the connector would still work, but in some cases intermittently or not at all.