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Thanks. The main problem is the restrictions imposed by the streaming services, but there's room for many features...

Show HN: Wianu – A native macOS home for all my streaming services

https://github.com/timwehrle/Wianu

Hey guys,so the original reason I thought of this idea was because I got tired of opening Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video, etc., separately just to continue watching something.Then I made a post here about streaming services where some of you did agree with me: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49007671Wianu is a native macOS app that brings your streaming services into one place. You can save...

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Re:Which streaming service was that on again on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @03:43PM (#49012360)
Yeah sure. My point is that I have to leave the streaming apps and use third-party services in the first place. If finding where to watch something requires another app or website, I’d argue the ecosystem itself has a UX problem
Re:Which streaming service was that on again on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @12:50PM (#49009726)
Ok, I didn’t know this, thanks
Re:I Stored a Website in a Favicon on Saturday June 20, 2026 @05:44AM (#48607849)
Hey, I've always written like this. In school I couldn't stand subordinate clauses and long sentences because I'd lose my train of thought. But yea, I've noticed that people often find it hard to read so I'm going to work on that
Re:I Stored a Website in a Favicon on Saturday June 20, 2026 @02:59AM (#48606999)
Good point, I might add a section in the article where I list alternative approaches. Thanks
Re:I Stored a Website in a Favicon on Saturday June 20, 2026 @02:56AM (#48606989)
Yes, probably. I guess, you’d need a bigger favicon since the minimal Rust WASM binary is around 20KB+ (?)
Re:I Stored a Website in a Favicon on Saturday June 20, 2026 @02:54AM (#48606979)
Yes, that would also work, thanks for pointing it out
Re:I Stored a Website in a Favicon on Saturday June 20, 2026 @02:53AM (#48606976)
Hey, yeah, I wrote the article. This (of course) would be more practical. Thanks for pointing it out. I wanted the payload to "live" in actual pixel data rather than hidden text inside an XML file. That’s why I went this way :)