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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Google seems to be blocking API access for Piped video servers (github.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Most servers are not able to access the Google API.

Invidious report of the same(ish) problem: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/issues/4045#issuecomment-1674373088

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Piped has never worked for me, to the point where I blocked the bot that reposts all YouTube links.

Does YouTube even have an API for downloading videos? That would surprise me, even if it was for a fee. Their whole business model is adverts.

[–] fiddlestix 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You could try Clipious from FDroid. It's my fallback for ReVanced.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I even completely switched from ReVanced to Clipious + private Invidious instance, it's snappy and flawless.

You can even redirect any Youtube link to an Invidious instance automatically with libRedirect, living the dream.