Piped not playing videos · Issue #2809 · TeamPiped/Piped
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Official Instance The bug is reproducible on the official hosted instance, or is API-related. Describe the bug For some reason the videos dont load and I cant watch piped. I primarily use piped cau...
  • utopianrevolt@lemmy.world
    44·
    11 months ago

    “just do this or that.”

    while I appreciate the attempt to help and provide options, I think your reply largely misses the point of discussing this. Google is going to keep shutting down those options until there aren’t any left, just like Reddit with Libreddit / Safereddit.

    • mac@lemm.ee
      8·
      11 months ago

      Well both of those reddit alternative frontends used the api. Piped scrapes the pages and gets the stream url, similar to teddit, which still works.

    • InvaderDJ@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      11 months ago

      There’s also not much people can do besides trying these work arounds and trying alternative options. YouTube has been the biggest video host for a decade for a reason, so a true alternative will take time.

    • null@slrpnk.net
      6·
      11 months ago

      What happened with Libreddit? My instance is still humming along same as it ever was.

      • cel@slrpnk.netEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        libreddit still works, it just gets heavily rate-limited at the moment, so public instances are usually not working