If it’s just one large file I just play it on a podcast app (in my case Podcast Addict) and if it’s multiple I stich them together with ffmpeg before sending it to my phone.

Yea, but Gabe is not going to be around forever, and any successor leadership might have a different philosophy. And it’s never a bad idea to have a backup.

Day 1 of suddenly having the urge to keep an offline and DRM free copy of all my steam games.

Some countries just don’t care (even if they have laws on piracy), no vpn needed.