I’ve noticed than most of them have stopped working including all invidious and piped instances

  • @tau@lemmings.world
    14•1 year ago

    LibreTube suddenly was really laggy on all instances, but the instances on browser are fine. I’m using NewPipe/Clipious for the time being.

    • Possibly linuxOPEnglish
      4•1 year ago

      It just loads indefinitely for me. I’ve tried multiple instances and I get the same result

      • meseek #2982
        4•1 year ago

        Same here. Piped hasn’t worked for since June and even then it was shaky.

        • @h3ndrik@feddit.de
          1•1 year ago

          Interesting. For me it has been working fine the last months. Loads and plays now, tested 30 seconds ago.

          • meseek #2982
            1•1 year ago

            Yes as of writing this, the instance works fine. But that’s what I’m saying, within an hour it’ll be down, or just show the thumbnails but not actually load videos.

            The takehome is Google isn’t going to let Piped exist. And constantly does things to interfere which Piped can only do so much to bypass it all.

            • @h3ndrik@feddit.de
              1•1 year ago

              Mmh. They do so much silly stuff nowadays with the ad-blocker detection, handling browsers differently and people from different countries and all the magic that chooses your data rate and quality… I’m not surprised that it’s a different experience for everyone. Hope they don’t take third party frontends away from us for good. (I’d be also happy if every creator switches to a better alternative. But I don’t see that happen any time soon.)

  • @heptagon@slrpnk.net
    8•1 year ago

    I use FreeTube which seems to still work fine but it seems to me like the browser plugin that opens YouTube links in FreeTube does not work properly sometimes

    • SimsEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      I’ve just started using freetube. I’ve noticed short periods of very low quality stream once in a while. Not sure if the periods match Ad time, tho. Do you experience those low Q periods?

      • @heptagon@slrpnk.net
        1•1 year ago

        I might but I am not sure. My internet speed is often a bit unreliable so if I had a drop in quality or issues with buffering I ´just attributed it to that.

  • Extras
    5•1 year ago

    Not 100% sure but I am seeing a lot more feeds not loading errors on newpipe

  • kratoz29English
    5•1 year ago

    I think Smart Tube Next has never failed on me, I use the beta version and update it regularly (or not) so well, maybe that helps.

  • @Zerush@lemmy.ml
    1•1 year ago

    Until now, YT videos works flawless in SMplayer and MotionBox Browser, the last one is IMHO the best desktop client for nearly all streaming platforms, only drawback is a bad and not very intuitive UI.

    • Possibly linuxOPEnglish
      6•1 year ago

      That’s proprietary non-libre so not an option unfortunately

      Edit: Fixed technicality

      • @helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world
        13•1 year ago

        It’s open source, you just can’t fork it.

        Edit, I’ll rephrase that. You can fork it and do whatever, even remove the “please donate” thing, but if you distribute any spy/malware versions they have legal avenues to force it to get taken down.

            • folkrav
              10•1 year ago

              As confusing as it is, if you’re to follow the generally accepted definition from the Open Source Initiative, “open-source” doesn’t just mean open source code, but also openness to modification and redistribution - what you called free, others call libre, etc. Just having an open source code, they call “source available”.

              It annoys me to no end, but it is what it is…

        • Possibly linuxOPEnglish
          0•1 year ago

          That’s not a free software license though. Libre software must give you the right to run, study, modify and distribute the code. It doesn’t do that to my knowledge.

          • @helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world
            1•1 year ago

            Correct it does not technically fit into FOSS, however the source code is still open for review, allowing you to run, study and modify the code. The only restriction is distribution.

            If your personal model is to strictly use FOSS, then this program is not for you.

            However, if your model is more about the ability to make personal modification, or to study the code to verify it is not malicious or spying, then this program allows for that.

            It is also worth noting this program isn’t technically free (money), but there are no checks if you actually paid. It’s up to you and your own morals to pay or not. For me, I consider it no different than an obnoxious “buy me a coffee” button - if it bugs you that much, go delete it from the code you run.

            • Possibly linuxOPEnglish
              2•1 year ago

              Exactly, I don’t want software that doesn’t respect the 4 freedoms. It makes forks impossible and still gives the developer unjustified power.

      • @MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world
        0•1 year ago

        TBH it’s not proprietary either. I’m OK with such licensing because it helps the developers fuck the clowns over who try to take their code without even a thanks. The source is available to audit if you’d like. That’s what I really care about.

      • @PeachMan@lemmy.world
        2•1 year ago

        The amount of FOSS snobbery in this community is hilarious. You typed that comment on a proprietary device with proprietary hardware, probably running proprietary software (unless you’re on Linux, truly using ALL open source stuff, including RISC-V hardware, FOSS browser and network stack). But God forbid an app is just source available instead of truly FOSS. Gasp! The horror! You should complain about it using one of the completely closed-source Android/iPhone apps that you use every day.

        LMAO

        • @sir_reginald@lemmy.world
          -1•1 year ago

          I run GNU/Linux on a Corebooted laptop. That’s my main device and the one I normally use to access Lemmy.

          And FYI, I don’t run any proprietary app on my phone which runs a free software build of Android. Everything is installed from F-Droid.

          It’s true that it runs proprietary firmware, but there’s currently no way around it. Unlike Grayjay, which is proprietary just because their greedy creators didn’t want people forking their app.

          Fortunately, Invidious, Piped, Libretube and Newpipe all exist and work flawlessly so there’s no excuse to use proprietary trash like that.

          • @PeachMan@lemmy.world
            1•1 year ago

            Greedy? Lmao the app is free to use. My point is that you make compromises elsewhere with proprietary hardware and software, just like everybody else here, but you decide to draw the line at GrayJay just because it’s only source available? That’s silly, you’re just making yourself feel good with holier-than-thou bullshit.

            Also, for the record, I’ve tried all the fully FOSS alternatives and they all have crap UX. GrayJay just works, like a good app should, and you can plug multiple accounts in from different platforms. It’s an excellent product, and it shows what excellent developers are capable of doing in a short time. It’s impressively stable for an app this young. But I guess you’ll never see for yourself because it’s “proprietary trash”. Lol.

            • @sir_reginald@lemmy.world
              1•1 year ago

              you decide to draw the line at GrayJay just because it’s only source available?

              I draw the line at the firmware level, yes, because sadly it’s insanely difficult to get a device that can be 100% free software. But from the OS level and up, everything that runs in my devices is free software. That of course includes apps. And Grayjay is no exception to that.

              Source available or proprietary is the same to me, it restricts my freedoms as a computer user to not be able to freely modify and distribute my programs as I please.

              Actually, I’d prefer for the Grayjay devs just to make it fully proprietary instead of falsely claiming it to be “open source” and using it as marketing. I have no problem with people using proprietary or source available programs. What bothers me are the misleading claims of the creator calling Grayjay open source, when clearly it is not.

  • Dizzy Devil DuckyEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    NewPipe and the fork Pipe pipe have been working working on my android. Can’t say anything on the piped or invidious side of things since I don’t watch videos on browser if I can avoid it.