Piped not playing videos · Issue #2809 · TeamPiped/Piped
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Official Instance The bug is reproducible on the official hosted instance, or is API-related. Describe the bug For some reason the videos dont load and I cant watch piped. I primarily use piped cau...
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        5•2 years ago

        That is just Invidious https://github.com/iv-org/invidious

        That’s true.

        And, while it may not be actively blocked, they are still on the risk of being API blocked as it is the case here.

        Jein. Jein is a German word that contains Yes and No…

        Invidious does not use the official API. It uses scraping techniques. The only way to block that is by blocking the IP address. But that’s also risky when they host it on a cloud service or similar. YouTube tried doing that a few months ago, but the hosters found a way to overcome that…

        • @[email protected]
          2•2 years ago

          The advantage of scraping is that it can’t be really blocked if you make your private instance and you don’t have to follow API ToS, the disadvantage is that it can easily break with little changes of the Youtube UI.

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            1•2 years ago

            That’s true and I remember that it happened once, but was quickly patched.

            I’ll use it as long as I can, because the experience on the actualy UI is really bad IMO. Advertisment for scams, algorithms that help radicalizing you, not being logged in gets punished with repetitive popups, bad performance, lots of bots and trolls in the comments, etc. When reading what I just wrote, I should probably donate more money for the project…