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Hello,
how can I prevent the player to link the file
https://www.gstatic.com/cv/js/sender/v1/cast_sender.js
please? It seems that is a part from the file: /fv-player-pro/beta/js/fv_player_pro.min.js
For what is it used? Can I embed it on my own server if needed (GDPR)?
Thanks
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Hello Bruno,
it’s the Chromecast library. FV Player has to load it to be able to hook the player into it. It’s done that way in the Flowplayer library which we use as the base of our plugin (and to which we contribute fixes).
We plan to improve this so that it’s only loaded when the player is actually loaded.
Thanks,
Martin
Hello Martin,
I use Plugin Organizer so I can disable the plugin and all ressources where they’re not needed. So is not the main problem.
It is more a GDPR problem, because user data like IP’S etc. will be transfered to gstatic which is problematic.
So is it possible to provide soon a filter action to replace the script with a locally hosted version ?
Thanks Bruno
Hi Bruno,
There’s not much data going out with this call. I.e. an IP address requested the Chromecast library. If you’d like, you can have your developer create a local version or you could engage us to write that for you. The investment would be $200 (below cost, but I’m not against adding this to the plugin if a user feels strongly enough to participate in the improvement).
Best wishes, Alec
I have the same concerns as Bruno
Stein and Bruno,
I share your concerns about Google and privacy.
I’m willing to move on this immediately if you each buy a pro support incident. You will be credited in the development notes as supporting a privacy improvement related to Chromecast.
Keep in mind, this means we have to keep updating that library regularly, which we will do, so it is a fair amount of work for us.
Hi Bruno,
The laws are not made by us, but by the legislators.
You don’t have to use Chromecast or Google services. I’d recommend you don’t. I avoid them wherever possible.
But I don’t know why I should order a support add-on for a problem that should be important for all users.
If privacy isn’t worth $75 to you, I don’t see why I should fasttrack development of a lot of troublesome local Chromecast libraries.
The $75 contribution is a litmus test if someone/anyone considers this a feature worth paying for. I guess it’s not.
As you develop and sell plugins, I’m very surprised that you find a $75 contribution to have a plugin customised to your taste an impediment to getting what you want when you want it. On occasion, I’ve waved $500 at developers to fix issues in their software which were important to me and had no joy getting my issues resolved.
Hi Bruno,
Neither you nor anyone else are obliged to use Google’s Chromecast features. If it is illegal for you as a publisher to use the Chromecast features, do not use them.
Again, if having us make this improvement isn’t worth $75 to you, it certainly isn’t an urgent matter for me as it will cost me between $500 and $1000 of development time in testing and maintenance.
Hi Stein,
Chromecast is in the free version right now so, no you would not have to buy a license. I’d suggest you consider the combination FV Player Pro + Pro Support combination at $125 if you don’t have a pro license yet.
Annual renewals are just $28/year for auto-updates and support.
I’m sorry to hear your income is currently low. If you are doing non-commercial work which contributes to a cleaner planet, protecting our privacy or helping the poor, let me know about your site and I’ll make a special price for you.
Hi Bruno,
I’ve just found out that we are loading the Chromecast option by default in the free player. That we should not be doing.
We will turn off Chromecast by default and leave an option for users to enable it. If you’d like Chromecast’s js to be a local file, I’d still need to see some people who consider such an option worth paying for.
