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I've heard of piped due to the piped-link bot, but I am curious about others.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Louis Rossman just released Grayjay! His video about it is here

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Friendly reminder that Grayjay is only source-available.

FUTO Temporary License (FTL) violates the following open-source principles:

  • Open source licenses must allow free redistribution. FTL allows license suspension and termination at any time, without notice, for any or no reason.
  • Open source licenses must allow source code distribution. FTL allows restrictions to access the code at any time, without notice, for any or no reason.
  • Open source licenses must allow modifications. FTL allows modifications only for non-commercial use, or maybe not even that. FTL dodges the word modifications here, no clue.
  • Open source licenses must explicitly allow distribution of software built from modified source code. FTL forbids distribution of software built from modified source code for commercial use.
  • Open source licenses must not discriminate against persons/groups and fields of endeavor. FTL allows license suspension and termination at any time, without notice, for any or no reason.

The FTL enables the following practices:

  • Copyright holders can change the license terms.
  • Copyright holders can re-license everything.
  • Copyright holders can target specific groups and individuals with discriminatory license terms.
  • Copyright holders can close source everything.
  • Copyright holders can forbid specific groups and individuals from using their work.

My main gripe here is that the video sells a source-available software with severe usage restrictions as open-source. These restrictions may sound reasonable to people outside of the open-source world, especially to people who use similar wording in their own terms of service, but nobody would touch your software with a ten foot pole with a software license like that.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It doesn't? Louis spends quite a bit of time going over why they aren't fully open source and how they've arrived at that result.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not quite sure what you mean? Louis calls it open-source during the entire "This is open source, but it is NOT free!" segment. But what he describes as open-source is not open-source, but source-available.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only on android :/ i thought it was going to be a progressive web app

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I almost switched to iPhone, thankfully this came out to show me why that is a bad idea. I just need to de-gpogle.

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

Wait, why would this one app currently only being available on Android make switching a bad idea? Seems like a weird thing to base a decision that big on…

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

It's more about the ability for such apps to exist. Other apps include Tachiyomi (manga reader) and similar apps that are not allowed because of the app stores terms of service.

Hopefully Apple will soon be forced to allow such apps to exist outside of their store. Freedom to install what I want is a main reason I switched back from an iPhone to a Pixel with GrapheneOS.

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

I dunno, I call bullshit on that because Yattee is on the app store: https://github.com/yattee/yattee

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the link. I'm surprised it survived Apple's review process as I thought such apps weren't allowed. Now I have a private YouTube altednative to recommend.

Tachiyomi relies on installing sources as additional apks because otherwise they'd have to update the app daily. This is not allowed on Play/App Store.

YouTube ReVanced and other patched apps are also great and not obviously not possible on iOS bexlcause of restrictions.

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

This one app to use a google service stopped you from moving away from a google operating system? Lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

you can degoogle android. good luck removing apple from your iPhone tho

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am going to use a privacy focussed android instead.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Graphene on Pixel time?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

If you plan to get a new phone, get a Google Pixel and install GrapheneOS on it. By default, it doesn't have any Google spyware services. It also has substantial security improvements compared to normal Android. It's probably the most private and secure mobile operating system that currently exists.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yow! that looks pretty awesome. I installed it and added the Nebula plugin... wonder if there's a CuriosityStream one as well?

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

Can you tell what payment options they offer? I can't find info on the website, and my options are rather limited. Thank you!

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

For Nebula/CuriosityStream? I only remember I bought a combo membership near Christmas the last two years -- they usually offer a year-long subscription for like $11 USD around the holidays. Look out for those, I really like CuriosityStream and find it's worth it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I meant for the app, but it might be a good idea to pick up Nebula as well, I was thinking about that for a long time. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It’s free my dude? Its open-source, the code is on gitlab.

Edit: My apologies, I was incorrect.

https://communick.news/post/245851

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Didn't he say in the video it's a one time fee? Or does the fee provide additional features, and the basic app is free?

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

I was wrong, see the post I linked in my edit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you very much!!

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

You can use the app for as long as you like until you decide if you want to pay. Looks to me like it's credit card or cashapp at the moment with crypto and carrier based options coming .

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you very much, that was the info I was looking for!!