• vxx@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    So, what’s the difference to Firefox with some add ons then?

    That someone else gets my login data and view data to sell?

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      5 months ago

      I don’t login. Grayjay/NewPipe doesn’t send any data to its servers, so they’re not tracking viewed content. I also get subscriptions and playlists (again, w/o Youtube account) in addition to the features I mentioned. Afaik, you can’t get any of that with addons.

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        5 months ago

        How do they make money then? Nothing is free, and usually when it sounds too good, it is.

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          5 months ago

          Grayjay sells licenses for the app ($10), which doesn’t provide any benefits other than helping support the project.