My friends keep sharing video links from all social media, and I really don’t want to download tiktok, Instagram, Facebook,…

is there an app that will open those links and show me the video? also given that some of those apps require an account.

  • Schwim Dandy@piefed.zipEnglish
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    7 hours ago

    A ton of developers have tried it but not only are they failing at acting like these apps, the apps are also forcing logins more and more often for more content. So even if you faked the app, you still wouldn’t have access to that content unless you also logged in. Just like if you opened tick tock it’s going to force you to log in. If you open Facebook, it will eventually force you to log in a YouTube hides a lot of videos behind a login.

    Also, as more and more countries adopt the age verification farce, all of these apps are just going to keep getting more and more restrictive as to when they will finally show you a video.

    It really is unfortunate as I would love something like this as well because my entire family shares content fear these platforms and if I want to see it and then talk to my wife about it or whatever, I have to log in on that platform to see that content.