[omarroth]

I agree. Unfortunately OAuth is impractical for this project, as it requires registering your application with Google.

Instead I've done my best to make clear how it works[0][1] and what is stored[2].

As mentioned in a sibling comment Google does not have a good track record with similar projects. AFAIK the only project that provides similar functionality is youtube-dl[3], which works the same way.

Important to note is that this functionality is optional; you do not need to log in with Google to store subscriptions or preferences. The main benefit currently is that it will automatically sync subscriptions with YouTube, otherwise I would recommend creating a new account on Invidious and then importing subscriptions from YouTube.

0. https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/8wvazc/invidou...

1. https://github.com/omarroth/invidious/blob/8af87f1/src/invid...

2. https://invidio.us/privacy

3. https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/blob/76e510b/youtube_...

[fredley]

There's no way for me to verify that what you're running is the same as what you have in GitHub. And for anyone else running it. You should disable this feature.

[MrGilbert]

Why should he? It‘s your choice to use it or not. If you feel uncomfortable, go and selfhost it. Or don‘t use it at all. But there is no reasoning to prohibit it for everyone.