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submitted 1 year ago by negativenull@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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 44 points 1 year ago

"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.

[-] InvaderDJ@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] mac@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] null@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago

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

[-] cel@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

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

this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2023
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