Their plugin system is interesting, they embedded a V8 engine to run JavaScript to then make some api calls to the various platforms. I am 99% sure this is against each platform ToS and that they will get sued by Twitch, YouTube, etc. Especially since they are asking people to pay. But I wish they good luck!
I don't think it would since it blocks ads and thats against the ToS of platforms. I am guessing we are moving to ads embedded in the stream themselves and if the app gets popular enough it will become the norm. Twitch already does that and you have to use shady proxies on apps like Xtra to get around it.
- It's not on the appstore (yet?), so I am going down a risky path requiring trust in a website.
- Hmm it's nagging me about backups and needing access to my storage... oh and it wants a password? But I don't want my backup password protected...
- Great interface though!
- Where can I import my existing subscriptions?
- It's slow to search my enabled platforms, but not too bad.
- Video playback is instant and seems to be blocking ads by default (is that a good thing for content creators, big philosophical question?)
- Chat and all the extra options and less-opinionatedness is great for me, but would be over a normy's head
- Playback is supported with the screen off, what I would expect, and great! Sorry youtube red.
- This came at the best time now that youtube is detecting ad blockers in my region... intentional?
- I wish this was on PC/browser as well
- Okay, I'm ready to pay... how? The option to pay is non-existent in this release seemingly
- How does this benefit content creators currently making a living from the specific platforms through ads? Seems like it would jeopardize their existence if this took a significant share of viewers.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 15.3 ms ] thread- It's not on the appstore (yet?), so I am going down a risky path requiring trust in a website.
- Hmm it's nagging me about backups and needing access to my storage... oh and it wants a password? But I don't want my backup password protected...
- Great interface though!
- Where can I import my existing subscriptions?
- It's slow to search my enabled platforms, but not too bad.
- Video playback is instant and seems to be blocking ads by default (is that a good thing for content creators, big philosophical question?)
- Chat and all the extra options and less-opinionatedness is great for me, but would be over a normy's head
- Playback is supported with the screen off, what I would expect, and great! Sorry youtube red.
- This came at the best time now that youtube is detecting ad blockers in my region... intentional?
- I wish this was on PC/browser as well
- Okay, I'm ready to pay... how? The option to pay is non-existent in this release seemingly
- How does this benefit content creators currently making a living from the specific platforms through ads? Seems like it would jeopardize their existence if this took a significant share of viewers.