TeamPiped
Show a "Welcome to Piped" message to try to prevent misunderstanding from content creators
Describe the feature
I am not a lawyer, this is not a legal advice
Related to #1704
First, read https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped/issues/1704#issuecomment-1312466750 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33668326
YouTube content creators who discover Piped for the first time may think that they are being impersonated because there is no indication of what Piped is when you first open it. I think that all instances should show a "Welcome to Piped" message with some sort of the following text:
"Welcome to Piped, an open-source YouTube frontend. Piped does not host any content, but rather proxies all the data through its servers to prevent Google from tracking you. If you want to learn more, click here. YouTube is a trademark of Google Inc.", where here is a link to your FAQ or some other description
Why would this be useful to add?
This will try to prevent further misunderstanding and hopefully other troubles for your team
Concept(s)
No response
Additional context
If the user's first visit to Piped is a video link, pause that video when showing the message
Acknowledgements
- [X] I have searched the existing issues and this is NOT a duplicate or related to another open issue.
- [X] I have written a short but informative title.
- [X] I filled out all of the requested information in this form.
There's already a link to the documentation in the footer. Not to brush off your point about non tech savvy people getting confused, it's just that I'm not sure if everyone wants this.
If it's confirmed that we want this, I can work on it.
Please don't store a cookie to hide a banner for this. This would make it a terrible experience for those with cookies disabled or auto-cleared. It would be fine to add something more subtle, though, such as a small info tooltip next to Piped logo
Possibly local storage but without storing, you will be continuously prompted.
One one hand, Nitter doesn't display a message or statement, and the user can click on the question mark icon (which leads you to the about page) to learn that it is an alternative Twitter frontend.
On the other hand, rimgo includes a statement at the bottom of the page ("rimgo does not allow uploads or host any content. Issues with content should be reported to Imgur."), and there's also an about page which tells the user that it is an alternative frontend for Imgur.
I prefer rimgo's style (i.e. a statement at the bottom) since it isn't intrusive, and users who enabled "always use private browsing mode" will not be continuously prompted.
Fortunately, it seems that Piped is no longer facing issues like #1704 and is quite stable now.
