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Watched Louis Rossman today, and he's part of the team behind a new app for watching online video content - not just youtube, but nebula, peertube, twitch and more.

adblock already integrated, works amazingly with a quick test on my end - it's an app in the Lemmy spirit

(it's got a paid model similar to winrar, you don't have to pay - but they do want you to - opensource and all)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (8 children)

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

You don't need to bypass anything. You can just not pay and the app will continue functioning just fine.

It's the WinRAR model.

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

The patching is meant to convey that message of never paying, by removing the option and prompts + nags to pay, as well as create the experience of an app that is entirely free without such nags. Such patches exist for WinRAR as well to enhance user experience.

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