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- Adblockers aren't perfect, and unless you're running an ultra-paranoid uMatrix setup, you're likely running some scripts you don't want to.
- Cookies, even """necessary""" first party ones, can be used for tracking.
- Unless you use reddit's old. subdomain (which they might kill at any moment), reddit's and youtube's webclients are bloated beyond belief.
- Browsers have far more ways to fingerprint you than some api calls or webscraping over tcp on a 3rd party client; especially with javascript enabled.
- Webclients are often ugly and painful to use.
- You can completely avoid the algorithm.
- Due to the relative obscurity, you can avoid the arms race between projects like uBlock and social media platforms. youtube-dl got some legal flak, but yt-dlp is continuing its legacy.