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Shout-out to Grayjay (grayjay.app)

submitted 1 year ago by ToxicWaste@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Quick shout-out to Grayjay: An app to watch videos on any platform - reducing the power of individual services. The Software is open-source and can be found here: https://gitlab.futo.org/videostreaming/grayjay

I will test this out for myself and hope someone here finds this useful.

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[–] Skimmer@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

App looks legitimately amazing. Seems a bit buggy in alpha but I'm sure it'll be ironed out. I just hope they look into supporting Piped instead of directly connecting to YouTube, as well as SponsorBlock. Once they get those 2 things and iron out some of the bugs, I'll primarily use it for sure. Its a great concept.

[–] PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wouldn't interacting through Piped just introduce an additional communication layer, which makes interacting with YT slower? I see your argument with Piped, but what would be the pros of using Piped which outweighs the additional communication costs?

[–] Skimmer@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pro would just be not directly connecting through Google/YouTube servers, and instead using a proxy. Its a nice privacy benefit. I agree it could make things slower, so I don't think it should completely replace direct connection with YouTube, but I just think the option would be nice to have.

[–] PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah a Piped option would be pretty great tbh, and probably most people wouldn't notice the additional latency maybe?

[–] LainOfTheWired@lemy.lol 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The app supports plugins for other platforms with development docs coming that I don't think are out yet. So if they don't add it someone else certainly can