• revs@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    Is there a benefit to using the Voyager hosted on the Lemmy server vs direct from vger.app? Any downsides

      • WhoRoger@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        It’s not just autofill. If it’s a different domain, the proxy host is reading your password and sending it though to Lemmy to log you in.

      • revs@feddit.uk
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        1 year ago

        If you happen to be using 1Password, you can search and do a one time fill.

    • Streetdog@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      The one hosted closer to you gives (slightly) better performance.

      Correct me if I’m wrong, m.lemmy.world = Finland, vger.app (formerly wefwef.app) = US.

      • aeharding@lemmy.worldM
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        1 year ago

        It’s pretty marginal though (after tonight). Once the app is installed, all requests will go directly to lemmy.world (after tonight) and response times should be exactly the same.

    • WhoRoger@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      When you’re using vger hosted on a different domain, your password has to be read by them and sent to the Lemmy server to log you in.

      If it’s on the same server, the pw stays in the one system (albeit it might still need to go through the two pieces of software, idk how it’s configured).

    • Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Downside from what I understand would be potentially delayed updates depending on how they pull the codebase

    • bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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      1 year ago

      Based on a comment by @ruud@lemmy.world it looks like they’re just using a docker container, only takes seconds to update. He said he’d probably set up Watchtower which auto updates containers so it should be only an hour or so behind.