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[-] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 109 points 10 months ago
[-] nyakojiru@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 10 months ago

I updated the docker image and still getting this error . It's been a few days like this.

[-] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 57 points 10 months ago

They've been doing it for a while. Since June of last year or something. They have ipv6 rotation tools to get around it now. But youtube is basically ip banning instances.

[-] ris@feddit.de 53 points 10 months ago

Its fixed now

[-] lemmytellyousomething@lemmy.dbzer0.com 49 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Invidious uses scraping instead of the official Youtube API, so this is expected to happen from time to time..

[-] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 45 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Google is going to keep finding ways to break these front-ends as they search for ways other than ads to monetize their services. I fully expect they will eventually lockout the public API so only the official app can use it in that quest as well. In my opinion the front-ends are just a bandaid and the real solution is something other than YouTube completely, if that is even possible at this point.

All of the front-end solutions are telling Google is that people want that content and they will come to YouTube for it one way or the other, Google just needs to figure out how to force people down the workflow that gets them the most money.

[-] nooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyz 12 points 10 months ago

Invidious does not rely on the api, its a scraper

[-] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Wasn’t talking about Invidious with that bit of my comment as I am aware they don’t use the api. I meant for things that do use the api.

[-] Robaque@feddit.it 9 points 10 months ago
[-] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago

The only actual solution is switching to open/public infrastructures.

Nothing else is an actual solution.

[-] Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

That would be a really fast way for me to stop spending any of my time on youtube I guess.

[-] jamyang@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

They'd be doing me a huge favor if they go aheadwith this plan.

[-] TheFriar@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

It does seem like they moved their focus away from ublockO to focus on the front ends, though. While I can’t use invidious, I can use regular ol’ YT with UblockO activated and I’m not constantly having to fight and wait for an update.

I think it’s funny those pricks are fighting a multi front battle that they’re clearly losing lol

[-] SuperSynthia@lemmy.world 32 points 10 months ago

Hopefully it gets sorted out soon. I wish if I HAD to pay money for youtube I could do it in a way thats data respecting.

[-] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 10 months ago

It's already fixed with the March 31st release. Some instances are just not updated yet.

[-] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago
[-] yamanii@lemmy.world 28 points 10 months ago

They broke everything even revanced, had to scour for a new patch since only newpipe still worked but I can't access the watch later playlist on it.

[-] ilikecoffee@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Revanced has been crashing for me every single time I try to patch something, is that why? 🤔 I was gonna submit a bug report tomorrow.

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[-] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The moment I notived revanced has stopped working for me a new version was already available that worked. I guess ot might've been a staged rollout?

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[-] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 25 points 10 months ago

Remember when you didn't have to red queen your hacker shit to watch funny videos?

God I feel old. I'm so sick of this shit.

[-] DoingFedTime@scribe.disroot.org 24 points 10 months ago

Too late, one small change and it works. Just some params.

[-] headroom@lemmy.ml 23 points 10 months ago

I kinda stop using these services after a while. I want the recommendation algorithm.

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Meh, discoverability isn't really as much of a problem as people think it is. Add videos to your Watch Later from your Subscriptions tab, and as YouTubers you like do collaborations or recommendations, you'll discover similar channels. Sometimes you'll find a channel from a creator's website or from a podcast, or from a social media feed you follow (reverse-chrono or most-liked only, please). It's a world-wide web, and as much as companies try to sell you the myth of discoverability-as-a-service, that's just a marketing tool. They need it to push ads and drive retention. You don't need it at all, because the web already does that.

I'm almost entirely off of black-box recommendation algorithms, and I still find new things I like. In fact, my to-watch, to-read, and to-listen queues are too big to handle in a reasonable amount of time. I regularly have to unsubscribe from things I don't like as much anymore or risk getting deluged with too many things I want to see. But the bonus is, I don't get anything I don't want to see.

Write your own algorithm. It's a better life, and it barely takes any more time or effort. Just change your bookmarks and be willing to put in an extra click or two when you want to consume something.

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

I don't want to do all that just to watch a few videos a day.

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

The difference is whether you watch a few videos you don't really care about every day, or a few videos from creators you actually like and find interesting every day.

Also, "all that?" Seriously? You just go to your Subscriptions tab instead of your Home tab, and that's too much for you? lol

[-] SharkAttak@kbin.social 12 points 10 months ago

Seconded, the recommendations can help you discover new things, that you didn't even know existed.. that said, I can't stand having someone stalk and monetize your every move.

[-] InfiniWheel@lemmy.one 5 points 10 months ago

I quite like it precisely because it provided no recommendations. I'm not enticed to waste time watching something I wasn't interested in 3 seconds ago. If I want to watch something I have to look it up and that's usually the end of it.

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[-] Chee_Koala@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Just the opposite for me, I disconnected because I'm done with Google, now I want to stay way so the algorithm can't find me. I'll check what I want to check, when I want it.

[-] pmarcilus@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 10 months ago

It's fine tbh, but YouTube is really running out of great contents these days, and you have to constantly check the sources before being gaslighted. I would rather take my pace and search up things when I wanted.

[-] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 10 points 10 months ago

why are people downvoting you for wanting to use the algorithm recommendations?

Some people use downvotes to signalize a different opinion, which is kind of toxic. We want different opinions here. What we don't want is hate, extremism, fake news, ... That's what deserves the downvotes.

[-] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 3 points 10 months ago

People getting downvoted just for having a different opinion really annoys me. Same with seeing obvious trolls getting upvoted. It's not ideal, but lemmy has an option to hide scores, and it makes browsing lemmy more pleasant to me.

[-] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

FOSS folks who absolutely cannot stand any existing options besides FOSS

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[-] solrize@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago

The change the Youtube front end code now and then, breaking yt-dlp temporarily until someone checks in a patch.

[-] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 17 points 10 months ago

When i noticed i checked the github to see there was an active bug report.

24 hours later they where talking about a fix that was on its way.

I updated this morning and all is well.

[-] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

Okay but imagine if you didn't have all this wasted oppositional bullshit, and we just built open architectures.

[-] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Not sure if it's related, but my youtube revanced installation was also not working. I had to repatch again using the most recent patch.

[-] DeadNinja@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It says that Piped is affected as well. This is probably a dumb question from me, but I use NewPipe in my phone to access YT - and it did not cause any trouble yet. I heard that the Piped project also uses NewPipe Extractor under the hood (which basically scrapes YT website). So why would Piped break but not NewPipe ?

[-] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 10 months ago

Unless Google implements a severe restriction on access to the YouTube API or imposes the requirement to be logged in to a verified Google account, every solution will not be 100%

[-] mobsenpai@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Why am I not surprised?

[-] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago

Umm, months ago already?

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