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YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads (www.theverge.com)
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[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Xtra is great https://github.com/crackededed/Xtra/

[–] moonleay 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

They also leak your User ID and IP to a 3rd party.

[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

ugh.

[–] moonleay 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Twire is a great alternative though.

https://github.com/twireapp/Twire

And it only connects to Twitch! :) (Plus betterttv or alternatives in case support for them are activated iirc)

[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

is there a way to watch stuff without using a Twitch account with it? I've tried just skipping the login process, but search returns no results when I search for streamers or games.