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Spill the beans!
Cannot release yet because I need to "plugin out" the youtube part which was integrated directly into the flutter app in my earlier builds, will be open source
All good, look forward to seeing what you have made 😊
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Grayjay mobile is awesome, very much looking forward to checking this out. Love how it puts all my YouTube, Patreon, Twitch and Peertube content in one place.
95℅ of the time my Patreon feeds fail to load. This isn't your experience?
There's an occasional error popup during playback, but the feeds and video still work here. I'm on Grayjay v268 w/ Patreon v17
My biggest issue is Peertube tbh, discovery is difficult, border line useless.
Why can't they be a website than an app for Dekstop?
Also understood that they're not open-source but are they privacy-respecting?
Edit: Went through their privacy policy and seems they're privacy-focused. I will be trying their app now.
Yeah if you know who's behind Futo (Louis Rossman) you will know he fights very hard for better privacy across the board among other things that are better for us consumers.
Edit: Futo being the company behind this app and other privacy respective apps.
when it comes to right to repair he's amazing. that being said, however, he hasn't had much positive to say about the SteamDeck which is leagues ahead of something like the Nintendo switch in terms of user freedoms and customizability.
Granted that's like one take I disagree with compared to ALL he's done but I'm still surprised he hasn't made a followup about how much good it's done for Linux in general considering he's been using Linux since it was in a physical box lol
the app is source available, it places some restrictions on modifications of the source code, but the code is fully available
Personally I've been using FreeTube for accessing YouTube as they are FOSS. Only thing I wish they would have a feature to share like subs with Tubular and watch history somehow. It doesn't have all the platforms Grayjay has but for just YouTube its pretty great
The peertube app recently launched and its pretty decent for a first release
Yes, finally! I've been using the mobile app, and it has been nothing but amazing.
It's an alpha release, so expect it to be buggy. Overall this is a good thing. We need more frontends.
That's awesome. I love the grayjay mobile app. I need more non YouTube creators to follow though
That zip file is just one command away from an appimage
Is there a Flatpak?
Not yet. Had to manually download.
I am linux noob, they provided a .zip file for linux. Do I need to use the command line to install it?
You just unzip it and run it
Thanks. I'm running PopOS Cosmic Alpha and it doesn't like the executable, and since its in alpha there's features missing in this DE that would allow me (linux noob) to easily install it. I'll try installing Grayjay again when my OS / DE is in beta or something.
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Mobile app has been the best YouTube app replacement I've found. And I just got the pop up about the desktop app on my drive home from work. Will for sure check it out.
I wish it more closely mirrored YouTube's native video suggestions, but it's pretty damn close.
No website version? I hope the desktop app isn't Electron-based then.
Edit: It is. What the fuck?
Epic!
Lots of desktop front ends.
Meanwhile I got to emulate Android to run S-Tube because there's nothing good for remote control use for Plasma Bigscreen.
At least my Bigscreen "easy to use" legit package might be done soon.
Honestly the mobile app doesn't work for such long periods of time that I've all but given up and gone back to YouTube.
If anyone knows an app to replace YouTube that is actually reliable then let me know! I'm in the market.
What do you mean it doesnt work for longer periods of time? Been flawless for me ever since I started using it.
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...truth?
Run your own yt-dlp frontend. Punchflat... or one of the many other solutions out there. Dump your subs to a folder and let Jellyfin turn them into individual shows with episodes.
I shouldn't have to do that!
Don't tell me. Tell Google, or... pay them, I guess. Your call. I'll be over here turning my lemons into lemonade. You do whatever you want with yours.
Did you just have a whole conversation with yourself? Lol at least give me a chance to respond.
Thanks for the recommendation.
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The other most used frontends are Newpipe(and it's forks) aswell as Revanced.
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Hopefully there's light mode
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