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Alternative YouTube clients having issues loading videos

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cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/14909762

It seems YT started another attempt at blocking alternative clients. They changed something in their API and both SmartTube and Tubular (NewPipe fork) are completely broken. Apparently it started happening this past week, but we personally just felt it today.

Edit: SmartTube already has an update but still not working for 4K videos it seems. Tubular still not working but it might be due to the upstream (NewPipe) is still working on a fix.

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whoareu@lemmy.ca
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sounds horrible, yesterday I couldn’t watch a video on Tubular so I just didn’t watch it.

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𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub
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Me, today. But with newpipe. YouTube isn’t a necessity. It’s an entertainment. The moment it becomes too annoying to use, is the moment we stop using it. That’s how entertainment products work… or should work.

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ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org
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Except it’s not only entertainment. There’s tons of the useful kind of content too, including repair videos.

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𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub
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Those are entertainment. Entertainment doesn’t have to be strictly mind numbing. Maybe they fall more under edutainment?

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