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[–] [email protected] 35 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I love Louis but does anyone have TL;DW?

[–] [email protected] 107 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

YouTube legal wants Futo to release apis and user data to them as they believe Grayjay is violating their terms.

Grayjay doesn't store user data nor is it using their APIs so the terms don't apply

Futo will not be removing Grayjay and won't be complying with a request that cannot be fulfilled.

Other details:

  • YouTube Premium's download feature still requires an Internet connection to access content downloaded.

  • Louis makes the point of being tired of paying for products and services that end up giving you less and less, which is part of the reason why Grayjay was created

  • Content creators shouldn't fear of being banned by an temperamental AI that could cripple their livelihood without an explanation which Grayjay attempts to solve as viewers can still access their content on Rumble, Twitch and other platforms if they get banned on Youtube.

Good on Louis for sticking to his guns.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago

Thanks. I'll also subscribe to CatFacts™ if you provide them. 😜

[–] [email protected] 45 points 7 months ago (1 children)

TL;DW: Doesn't pet the goddamn cat. I couldn't tell what else he might have been saying.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The day Louis pets the cat will be a legendary one

[–] sorghum 22 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Then you'll love this video. He pets Blackberry throughout the video and has a segment at the end talking about sponsorblock blocking segments with Mr Clinton in them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

this video

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

This is madness. Who would do such a thing?!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago

YouTube sent him a cease and desist for an app he is creating/distributing claiming that the app is using YouTubes API in an app but apparently the app doesn't use the API. So he basically replied "No, we aren't using that data, check our open-source code" and that he has no plans on stopping

[–] [email protected] 34 points 7 months ago (2 children)

grayjay is not foss for anyone wondering

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What makes it not Foss? The source code is available and you can build it yourself if you want to

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That doesn't make if foss though. That doesn't make it either Free or Open Source.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Grayjay is shit. I couldn't use it. It's just a horrible app. Good idea, but horrible app.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

I was just looking for a YouTube frontend alternative to install on a LineageOS device and this post pops up on my feed. Straisand effect at its finest.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Why doesn't he upload these to peertube or host his own peertube?

Anti Commercial-AI license

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The entire point of grayjay is that its not only a YouTube client, its also a peertube and nebula client, so its easier to use the smaller services

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Precisely what I'm alluding to. If he dislikes youtube so much, why isn't he uploading his stuff to mirrors? Grayjay should/would be able to pick that up and allow watching his content from peertube instead of peertube.

Anti Commercial-AI license

[–] HackerJoe 1 points 7 months ago

He has paid storage on vimeo. But I think he stopped when they started requiring age verification for unrated videos.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Cause that would cost them money.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

There are peertube instances out there hosted by others...

Anti Commercial-AI license

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

So… when I want to control content I’m consuming, I get the .mp3 or .pdf or whatever it is I’m interested in.

How is grayjay a more reliable manner of being in control of my content on cross country drives ir wherever? I’m not tracking here. Why would anyone choose grayjay over simply controlling their own drives?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Because Grayjay allows users to follow others across multiple platforms such as Rumble, Odyssey and Twitch. So if they get banned off YouTube, they will still be able to access content on other platforms.

And with Grayjay, you can download these videos and access them without needing to connect to the internet which is required for YouTube Premium despite the content being downloaded on the YouTube app.

I'm not quite following what is your confusion when he outlined the problem Grayjay is trying to solve.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I collect actual media files — it’s easy and perfectly reliable. We’ve been doing it since 1997. Why do anything else?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What do you mean by "anything else"?

Apps like Grayjay and Newpipe allow you to "collect" those media files.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I don’t really know anything about grey Jay. I just know how to create my own archives of files and use them as I please. I’m not sure why I would need any kind of app to access my files — except for the player.

[–] csm10495 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I'll take one pdf of this video please.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Full frame or part frame?

The former is 1bil^6 pages and the latter is 30 pages

[–] csm10495 1 points 7 months ago

Full pls.. in color

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

You can keep the PDF and drink it with your Koolaid.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

The futo applications are nice, it's a shame about their licence, I hope they solve it soon so people can start shipping them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://piped.video/watch?v=dqTYg6vnQvw

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.