nixCraft šŸ§Aug 15, 2024
Damn. YouTube now requires an account to view videos. It says, "Sign in to confirm that you're not a bot". Suppose I logged in to Gmail with no issues. This is what AI is doing. Every platform is getting closed source.
Show threadKevin Caccamo

@nixCraft RIP Newpipe and Freetube 2019-2024 šŸ˜­

EDIT: Newpipe still works... Somehow.

Aug 15, 2024 at 7:10pmWeb
Show threadgeorgiaAug 15, 2024
@Talon1024 @nixCraft NOOOOOOO I LOVE NEWPIPE
Show threadMeko #nowarAug 15, 2024
@georgia @nixCraft @Talon1024 it depends on your IP address. If YouTube requires your IP address to sign in, new pipe won't work (as don't work opening your video in incognito mode).

Looks like many Hetzner and DigitalOcean IP addresses (if not all) are affected.

Interesting that if you start video in New pipe and then immediately enable VPN it will continue playing ir.
Show threadMeko #nowarAug 15, 2024
@georgia @Talon1024 @nixCraft I guess the only way to mitigate it is to create a FOSS YouTube app that will implement account login (like it works now with aurora store).
Show threadgeorgiaAug 15, 2024
@yura @nixCraft @Talon1024 I love aurora store
Show threadMaria HochAug 15, 2024
@yura @nixCraft @georgia @Talon1024
Unless it implements anonymous login similar to Aurora it is useless. Yeah I get that the big part of newpipe is that I get to watch what I want not what YouTube wants me to watch. But once you login with your own account google still gets all of your video preferences and all other good data they want.
Show threadMahid SheikhAug 15, 2024

@Talon1024 @nixCraft NewPipe and Freetube still work, since this is still being rolled out.

Freetube also uses Innertube, so it might be more resilient than NewPipe, which scrapes webpages

Show thread( Iā€¢0惞 Aug 15, 2024
@Talon1024 @nixCraft They both work? I remember a forked version of newpipe with sponsorblock got shut down, but you can still use newpipe.
Show threadRadio AzureusAug 15, 2024

@Talon1024 @nixCraft both #NewPipe and #Tubular work, from this part of the planet, so the circumvention routines are still safe

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