Reviews for V3 - Get Old YouTube Layout (Launcher)
V3 - Get Old YouTube Layout (Launcher) by Reprety
Review by Barrett Ray
Rated 2 out of 5
by Barrett Ray, 4 months agoIt's a nice extension. But why is this not open source? It has bugs (that I'd like to fix), but the source isn't available unless you basically reverse engineer their JavaScript, and the license simply says "all rights reserved".
tl;dr: weird license and kinda buggy
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edit: I want to fix the bugs I've found, but there's no way to do so.
But even more important? I don't like using closed source extensions, especially when they access stuff like my Google account.
It just feels wrong, man.
Anyway, you're right that my response was a little immature; I updated the text to be more clear about what I meant.
tl;dr: weird license and kinda buggy
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edit: I want to fix the bugs I've found, but there's no way to do so.
But even more important? I don't like using closed source extensions, especially when they access stuff like my Google account.
It just feels wrong, man.
Anyway, you're right that my response was a little immature; I updated the text to be more clear about what I meant.
Developer response
posted 4 months agoHello,
There is no reason to talk like that about a project made by 2 students in their free time, please behave accordingly in the future.
You can submit a bug report either in our Discord community or via email "eov3cv@hotmail.com"
V3 states clearly in both license and extension manifest/userscript header what google-based URLs can be accessed, it does not make any other type of request on your behalf, it only requests official Google APIs endpoints.
You can also check with any logging mechanism (either a dedicated program or even a Fetch/XHR hook) what requests it makes and what data they include (the same as any official client).
There is no reason to talk like that about a project made by 2 students in their free time, please behave accordingly in the future.
You can submit a bug report either in our Discord community or via email "eov3cv@hotmail.com"
V3 states clearly in both license and extension manifest/userscript header what google-based URLs can be accessed, it does not make any other type of request on your behalf, it only requests official Google APIs endpoints.
You can also check with any logging mechanism (either a dedicated program or even a Fetch/XHR hook) what requests it makes and what data they include (the same as any official client).