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Alternative YouTube clients having issues loading videos (beehaw.org)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Templa@beehaw.org to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] stardust@lemmy.ca 20 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Freetube on desktop has been working somewhat being able to switch to invidious. But for Android I've fallen back to Firefox + Ublock Origin + Sponsorblock.

[–] Nima@leminal.space 7 points 4 months ago

freetube has an android app as well. it's in beta but it's been working pretty well for me.

it's worth giving a shot.

[–] Templa@beehaw.org 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I am yet to find an alternative for AndroidTV.

[–] stardust@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago

If you have iOS and airplay support you can use safari to airplay YouTube to the TV. I use the 1blocker and sponsorblock extension for safari.

[–] Sunny 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Have you tried SmartTube? I'd say that's what most people use on Android TV to get rid of ads.

https://smarttubeapp.github.io/

[–] Qkall@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's broken too fam ... I'm in shambles

(Okay, actually, I'm fine... But it is annoying)

[–] Sunny 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh sorry, thought the question was about finding an app in general.

[–] Qkall@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

And like that the devs came thru... It's back up (up to 1080p anyway... 4k still 403s)

[–] codenul@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Had some issues with Free tube last couple days. Free tube came out with an update, 0.21.1 and fixed the loading issue, at least for me

[–] stardust@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah was happy to see it solved in only a day.