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[-] RovingFox@infosec.pub 39 points 1 year ago

I will wait until the GitLab has the apk. For one, it feels sus but being Rossmann, i will look the other way. The second issue is that I will not manualy check for updates every app I have on my phone and this app need to be compatible with Obtainium or on F-droid.

I already use Obtanium to update Grayjay. It has an HTML function.

[-] SatyrSack@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

For one, it feels sus but being Rossmann, i will look the other way.

Shouldn't anything shilled by Rossmann automatically feel suspicious?

[-] YIj54yALOJxEsY20eU@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Uninformative and unfortunate

[-] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 31 points 1 year ago

Logs are disabled by default in the version I just tried. I like that.

Otherwise, it basically does what Newpipe does, but supports more platforms, which is really nice.

The videos I've tried loaded quickly, adding new platforms to the feed loads almost instantly, so very performant, all things considered.

As far as I understand it, you can pay for a license, but you don't have to?

[-] Prunebutt@feddit.de 20 points 1 year ago

As far as I understand it, you can pay for a license, but you don't have to?

Exactly. Louis Rossman says that if you use it and don't pay, that's "between you and your god".

[-] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago
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[-] loki@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

That's good. I don't believe in god.

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[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago

It would be good if it was FOSS.

[-] Prunebutt@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago
[-] DefinitelyNotAPenguin@kbin.run 14 points 1 year ago

No cause they want to be able to prevent people from adding ads and tracking to the app and then redistributing it.

He talks about this in the announcement video.

[-] Prunebutt@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

I saw the video. Is that really against the FOSS philosophy? I imagine that you can't do that with e.g. the kernel either.

The licencing they chose is a bit of a hack job, but I see the necessity. IMHO, it's clear that they want to advance the libre software world.

[-] jet@hackertalks.com 18 points 1 year ago

It's not Libre software. It's source available, which is great for a commercial product, allowing people to compile it themselves, but the license is revocable at any time.

It's not contributing to the open source ecosystem, so it's not part of the libre environment.

It's a good thing, I'm glad it exists, and I'm excited to see it spur libre development in the same vein. But it is not open source as the term is commonly used.

[-] folkrav@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I will never forget whoever decided it would be a good idea to conflate "FOSS" and "open-source" to mean the same fucking thing, and to have to refer to software that has open source code "source available". I see this exact fucking discussion going on at the very minimum once a week...

Edit: I know it's a common misconception. My point is that it's a misconception because of the term choice. There's a reason we have to explain it over and over and over again.

[-] chayleaf@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

The person who invented the term "open source" simply intended it to be "free software" but in business speak. The fact some random people on the internet thought it means "source available" is not the term's fault.

[-] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Common misconception. "Free as in freedom, not as in beer" had to be explained to many people.

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[-] gasull@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

There's NewPipe, which is open-source.

[-] jet@hackertalks.com 8 points 1 year ago

I think it's a good idea, I'm glad they made it, and if it takes off then I look forward to new pipe or free tube incorporating the same functionality into a open source project.

[-] Fake4000@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

It's a good start for a Revanced alternative.

We have Newpipe and Libretube for complete local video management but it's nice to have an additional one to Revanced. Whether it picks up and becomes big that remains to be seen.

[-] DefinitelyNotAPenguin@kbin.run 3 points 1 year ago

That it probably won't stay available for long

[-] inson1@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago
[-] willya@lemmyf.uk 3 points 1 year ago

It does a combined creator feed. So if you subscribe to a Patreon or whatever it can be on your feed with their normal free stuff.

That’s what I got from the website. Looks cool but I’m on iOS.

[-] detalferous@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Aggregates video on many platforms into a single search and feed, so Twitter YouTube and Facebook for example are all in the same app

[-] library_napper 2 points 1 year ago
[-] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Wondering if/when an iOS version will be released.

[-] VerPoilu@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

If they make one, you'd have to sideload it.

[-] SomeBoyo@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

That probably won't be a problem for too long, since the EU forces them to make it easier to do

[-] collectioncard@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago

That would be fine. I already use a sideloaded version of YouTube.

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