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• SLaSZT@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I've never had that issue with Piped or Invidious, though sometimes I've had a specific instance not load

  However, I've had numerous issues with Bluestacks and it's a huge memory hog, not to mention it's overkill to install an entire OS just for 1 singular purpose that can be done just fine on your native OS.

  It's a layer of abstraction that's almost entirely unnecessary except for 1 use case: watching YouTube without ads.

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  • Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s five clicks. That’s not a big issue for most people.

    Calling it an entire os or a layer of abstraction doesn’t negate the fact that it takes 5 minutes to set up and five clicks, and then it works perpetually.

    It’s probably more trouble to set up some of these plugins and frontends.

    Also once you have any emulator installed, you can use all of your favorite apps straight on your desktop.

    It’s extremely convenient.

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    • SLaSZT@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You know what's more convenient?

      https://piped.kavin.rocks/

      Lol. You are ridiculous.

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      • Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        If those sites have none of the problems I keep hearing about, then I’ll say that’s as convenient.

        Took him a really long time to come up with this site.

        It’s more ridiculous that you find a single 5-minute period to access years of content ridiculous.

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• Toribor@corndog.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Not if you have to run an entire android emulator to access it.

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  • Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Haha, an “an entire Android emulator”?

    You click twice to install it.

    Click twice to install any app.

    Click once to use the app perpetually.

    That’s not as much work as you’re pretending it is.

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    • Toribor@corndog.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s more work than using an alternate front end in the browser… of which there are plenty of excellent options… all which are optimized for use on desktop. But you do you I guess.

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      • Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Can you give me an example?

        It took me 5 minutes and five clicks and I’ve been using it for a year on my phone and desktop.

        I don’t consider something that simple and convenient work, so I’m curious what you mean by “less work”. Do you mean the front ends take 3 minutes to install instead of 5 minutes?

        Obviously can’t be down time since you can’t have a less than zero downtime, but what do you mean by “less work”?

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