What is Grayjay?

Grayjay is a cutting-edge app that serves as a video player and source aggregator. It allows you to stream and organize videos from various sources, providing a unified platform for your entertainment needs.

It’s mostly used as a YouTube frontend^. However, it is now launching as a desktop app for Linux, Mac and Windows.

  • zerozaku@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    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.

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      7 minutes ago

      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

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      18 hours ago

      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.

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        9 hours ago

        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

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      17 hours ago

      the app is source available, it places some restrictions on modifications of the source code, but the code is fully available