@newpipe got kicked out of Alphabet’s API garden once more?

  • makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    It doesn’t use the api. It scrapes their site.

    Google are playing whack a mole. The most persistent will win I’d say.

    • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org
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      3 months ago

      For me too, but FreeTube on one of my desktops has died, half ot the Invidious sites I hit complain about “Protecting the community” and won’t play anymore, and GrayJay is hit-and-miss. And I read somewhere that the disruption even affects the official Youtube client.

      I think Google is A/B testing how much impact their next fuckery is going to have and you’re lucky enough to be in the A group at the moment.

      • JazzmanJosh@lemmy.wtf
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        3 months ago

        Loving NewPipe, getting annoyed with FreeTube. FreeTube is playing videos but the video quality is dubious. For some reason it won’t even hold 720p, at least it takes a minute of watching a video for it to get there.