Yattee will always work because it's using Invidious or Piped as a backend that ...

piyuv · 2024-10-01T22:18:13 1727821093

Invidious is in a precarious position right now: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/issues/4734#issuecomment...

squarefoot · 2024-10-01T23:43:53 1727826233

Yep. The Kodi/LibreElec client stopped working some days ago. FreeTube (and NewPipe on mobile) still rock, but for how long?

shiroiushi · 2024-10-02T01:51:27 1727833887

I don't get it: this seems to be an issue where YouTube is blocking 3rd-party client access from datacenter IPs. Why would you want to do that in the first place? Wouldn't you normally run a YouTube client from home (or wherever you happen to be at the moment, which for most people isn't a datacenter)?

FWIW, SmartTube works just fine for me. Of course, I'm running it on my TV at home, not in a datacenter...

squarefoot · 2024-10-02T07:02:05 1727852525

The YouTube client forces users to identify themselves by creating personalized API keys.