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minus-squarelemmeout@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up111·edit-210 months agoLong gone are the days when I used be excited to read update notes for new features… Now I just hope they don’t god damn force an update on me.
minus-squarePhreakyByNature@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down1·10 months agoI went back to an old APK of Twitch and refuse to update to the current dumpster fire.
minus-squarenoodle (he/him)@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·10 months agoXtra is great https://github.com/crackededed/Xtra/
minus-squaremoonleay@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-210 months agoThey also leak your User ID and IP to a 3rd party.
minus-squaremoonleay@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-210 months agoTwire 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)
minus-squarenoodle (he/him)@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-210 months agois 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.
minus-squaremsage@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·10 months agoJust use Free and Open Source Software! It can always fuck up with updates, but usually you just get more free stuff and it’s awesome.
minus-squareasbestos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-210 months agoAnd always donate if you find the project useful!
Long gone are the days when I used be excited to read update notes for new features… Now I just hope they don’t god damn force an update on me.
I went back to an old APK of Twitch and refuse to update to the current dumpster fire.
Xtra is great https://github.com/crackededed/Xtra/
They also leak your User ID and IP to a 3rd party.
ugh.
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)
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.
Just use Free and Open Source Software!
It can always fuck up with updates, but usually you just get more free stuff and it’s awesome.
And always donate if you find the project useful!