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by Hadriel 542 days ago
What about Tiktok? Add that and i'm interested
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Grayjay dev here, TikTok plugin pretty much works already, we just need to add the respective UI for both mobile and desktop to make it work nicely.
Lol. Don’t hold your breath. I used to enjoy TikTok until they forced me to create an account and install their spyware.
What spyware? I don't have a tiktok account
Take a look at the following blog post that looks at TikTok’s encrypted VM and how it profiles you. And this is just on the website, without even installing the app.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34109771

Yep. My point exactly!
Because TikTok is a Chinese company most people just consider the app to by spyware. It's probably not any more spyware than other similar apps, but being owned by China makes it a little more worrisome to some people.
I don’t care where they come from. Why do they force you to signup to see a video that can be played using standard web technology?
And you can’t use TikTok without an account because they need that to “spy” on you.