[Feature Request] - Disable playback unless logged in

[cpressland]

Describe the feature

We currently have the ability to restrict registration with DISABLE_REGISTRATION, it'd be nice to have a DISABLE_ANONYMOUS_USAGE/REQUIRE_LOGIN or similar option to prevent random internet users from using a public instance without being logged in.

Why would this be useful to add?

My use case is a Piped instance that I plan to share with my friends which will be hosted out of my Homelab, while I do have a /29 and a /48, I'm not sure if the piped-proxy is actively using the /64 it's subnetted to effectively or just using whatever /128 docker has NAT'd to it.

Even if the proxy uses a /32 or /128, a handful of users watching videos isn't going to get my home IP(s) blocked by Google, however, a swarm of random internet people will.

So I'd like the ability to lock down who can use the Piped Frontend/API/Proxy while I toggle registration on/off if I want to bring somebody else in. In the perfect world I could entirely restrict access to known IP addresses, and while some friends have static IPs, most do not.

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[FireMasterK]

Duplicate of #441

[cpressland]

Gah, sorry @FireMasterK!

[FireMasterK]

No worries :)