Software List

--------------------FOR EUROPEANS:

VPNs (To circumvent the European ban/Article 17):
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/browsec/
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/setupvpn/
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/browsec-vpn-free-vpn-for/omghfjlpggmjjaagoclmmobgdodcjboh
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/setupvpn-lifetime-free-vp/oofgbpoabipfcfjapgnbbjjaenockbdp

Image Max URL (Allows to see original size pictures [instead of thumbnails], for those who don't want to use VPNs):
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/image-max-url/
https://qsniyg.github.io/maxurl/

AD blockers (To avoid those visually undesirable ADs):
https://adguard-dns.io/en/public-dns.html
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm

--------------------TOOLS:

ALL SITES (PC-Firefox):
[To get max quality on Instagram, you will have reactivate such feature by going to the extension's Options → Rules → Rule-specific → Instagram: Use native API]
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/image-max-url/
https://qsniyg.github.io/maxurl/

ALL SITES (PC-Chrome):
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hover-zoom%20/pccckmaobkjjboncdfnnofkonhgpceea

Deactivate Google Lens and restore the normal Image Search (Firefox):
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/disablegooglelens/
"Search image on Google" extension for Right-Click menu (Firefox)
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/search-by-image-on-google
-If you find a collage of images and want to know where one of them is from, try to download the image, crop the other images out of it, then put the edited image on Google Images search. It works sometimes.

By adding &w=5 at the end of the USA Getty Images url, you can get the small logo, here's a comparison:
https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/mata-atlantica-atlantic-forest-in-brazil-id935746242?s=2048x2048
https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/mata-atlantica-atlantic-forest-in-brazil-id935746242?s=2048x2048&w=5

INSPECT ELEMENT + YT-DLP (Downloads "BLOB" videos)
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp
1- Open Inspect Element (F12), then go to the NETWORK tab.
2- Reload the page (F5).
3- Search for ".m3u8" or ".ts".
4- Right-Click the first "m3u8" or ".ts" > Copy Value > Copy URL.
5- Terminal/CMD > yt-dlp *Paste URL*.
6- If the name is way too long: Terminal/CMD > yt-dlp -o ShortVideoName *Paste URL*.

INSTAGRAM posts+stories (Android phone or emulator [Bluestacks, Android Studio, Waydroid, etc.]):
https://t.me/instasmashrepo
https://www.instamod.net/search/label/InstaPro?&max-results=7
-You might need to go to Instagram in the Google Play Store and deactivate automatic updates for it.
It also might be required to go to the app's settings and activate all the quality improvements.
Deactivating ads will also remove sponsored posts from the profiles you follow.

INSTAGRAM (Website):
https://www.storysaver.net/download-instagram-videos/
https://www.storysaver.net/

INSTAGRAM REELS' miniatures/thumbanils:
https://toolzin.com/tools/instagram-downloader/
-Or go to the pages' Reels tab, open Inspect Element (F12 | Ctrl+Shift+I), Click on the cursor icon, then click on the reel's miniature, you'll see a hyperlink to the miniature. If the miniature was set manually, the photo can be in very high quality.

TIKTOK SHORTS:
https://ssstik.io/

SNAPCHAT (Website):
https://snap.storyclone.com/

X/TWITTER pictures (Website):
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/PICTURECODE?format=jpg&name=orig
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/PICTURECODE?format=png&name=orig

X/TWITTER videos (Website):
https://twittervideodownloader.com/

X/TWITTER older-than-3-years pictures/videos (Windows/Mac/Linux):
https://www.wfdownloader.xyz/blog/ultimate-xtwitter-media-downloader-tutorial

YOUTUBE (Linux):
Ubuntu: sudo apt install yt-dlp
Fedora: sudo dnf install yt-dlp

DOWNLOADING AGE-RESTRICTED/LOGIN-WALLED VIDEOS WITH YT-DLP:
yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser firefox *Paste URL*.
yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser chrome *Paste URL*.

YOUTUBE clips (Website):
https://save.tube/cut-youtube-videos.html

JDownloader - A versatile tool for automating content download of all types:
https://jdownloader.org/jdownloader2

YOUTUBE's thumbnails:
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/[VideoCode]/maxresdefault.jpg

YOUTUBE's Community tab (They can have UHD photos):
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/image-max-url/
https://qsniyg.github.io/maxurl/
or manually make the url end with: p=s0?imgmax=0

APPLE MUSIC & SPOTIFY and other music sites' album covers:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/image-max-url/
https://qsniyg.github.io/maxurl/
https://musicbrainz.org/
https://www.discogs.com/

TWITCH VoDs (Windows/Linux):
https://github.com/lay295/TwitchDownloader
https://github.com/mohad12211/twitch-downloader-gui
https://github.com/ihabunek/twitch-dl

TWITCH VoDs (Linux):
Ubuntu: sudo apt install yt-dlp
Fedora: sudo dnf install yt-dlp

TWITCH VoDs (Website):
https://untwitch.com/
-Only downloads one hour chunks.
https://dwitch.net/

TWITCH clips (PC-Website):
Open Inspect Element (F12 | Ctrl+Shift+I), click the icon of a "mouse cursor inside a square" and then click on the clip.
The Inspect Element will highlight the URL of the mp4 file of the video.

GIMP, a free image editor that does everything we need, including reducing heavy JPEGs (Windows/Mac/Linux):
https://www.gimp.org/downloads/

KDENLIVE, a free video editor that does everything we need, including reducing heavy WEBM/MP4 (Windows/Linux):
https://kdenlive.org/en/download/

Video player for saving max quality frames with precision (Android):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.precisecontrol.videoplayer.free

Media Player Classic (Windows/Linux):
https://github.com/mpc-qt/mpc-qt/releases
https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.mpc_qt.mpc-qt

There's also VLC, however;
1: Doesn't have a shortkey for going back one frame.
2: Screenshots don't use the exact time of the video as file name, making it difficult to organize and compare them.