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Google seems to be blocking API access for Piped video servers(github.com)

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Most servers are not able to access the Google API.

Invidious report of the same(ish) problem: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/issues/4045#issuecomment-1674373088

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utopianrevolt@lemmy.world
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“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.

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InvaderDJ@lemmy.world
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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.

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mac@lemm.ee
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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.

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

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

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