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[-] expatriado@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago

is this a YT - NewPipe arms race or we're just getting some random bugs?

[-] botorfj 21 points 3 months ago

it feels like an arms race, and it probably is

[-] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 months ago

YT changes were anti-bot in nature according to the extractor hotfix PR; I guess YT considers NP a bot or something.

[-] LIE@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago

To elaborate, while the errors in the middle of videos were because of general anti-bot measures, the errors at the beginning of videos were caused by a change that specifically targets third-party clients like NewPipe and youtube-dl. This is definitely part of an arms race.

[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 months ago

It's inevitable that youtube will go the way of twitter and reddit, closing down their API. I'm surprised it's taking them this long to start the process.

[-] monobot@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 months ago

New Pipe is not using youtube API: https://newpipe.net/FAQ/download/#download-youtube-api They are just acting as a browser, that's why they can not forbid it legally.

[-] WanderingKnight@noauthority.social 6 points 3 months ago

@dessalines @botorfj

Newpipe is updated and downloading. Happy day.

Also installed Tubular. Glad to see the imports are interchangeable.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 3 months ago

Definitely is. Newpipe also allows downloads and less than a month ago, they had to release a hotfix because Google broke external viewers, like Newpipe and Invidious. I've noticed 2 days ago that Newpipe stopped playing and downloading videos, so I figured it must've been Google again

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