Comment on NewPipe outage over: version 0.27.1 restores YouTube playback
victorz@lemmy.world 2 months agoThat seems like an odd error code to receive, to me. 403 is a permissions problem, right? Forbidden request.
Or, I guess it makes sense if you’re a scraper of some kind? Maybe? Someone would be able to explain the behavior to me, I’m sure. 🙏
chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s from Google intentionally breaking things
victorz@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah, seems like an intentional thing, otherwise it makes little sense not to be allowed to watch an ad… 🤪