NewPipe simply does not work for me. Every video fails to play.
The best YouTube experience I’ve achieved so far is still using the official website with a ton of firefox addons.
Comment on YouTube’s new anti-adblock measures
Etterra@discuss.online 20 hours ago
Meanwhile on Newpipe: just another day with no ads.
ter_maxima@jlai.lu 17 hours ago
Mwa@thelemmy.club 15 hours ago
for me its Grayjay even tho its not foss i had the best experience in any frontend
Sudomeapizza@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 hours ago
Ive seen mentioned elsewhere, but recently it looks like they blocked all vpn access. When using newpipe, it all works again for me when i turn off my vpn!
ter_maxima@jlai.lu 12 hours ago
I’m not going to disable my VPN, I’ll try again later to see if it’s fixed.
Monstrosity@lemm.ee 10 hours ago
Just curious, why are you resistant to turn off your VPN?
I keep mine off most of the time & only rev it up when I feel like I really want or need the anonymity.
iopq@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Didn’t block me
spongebollocks@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
try pipepipe
AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
One glance at the GitHub issues reveals just how much of a struggle it is for the NewPipe developers to keep the app functioning, with YouTube constantly targeting every trick they use.
It’s draining so much of their time and energy that there’s barely anything left for working on new features.
The mental exhaustion of the developers is another issue entirely, one that should be obvious to anyone familiar with the demands of maintaining a relatively popular open source project. The fact that it involves YouTube only makes things worse for them.