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Hell yea, fuck Google!
What OS are you running? What other apps are you having troubles replacing besides these?
I'll give you whatever info you need to pull the plug on the crooked bastards.
Thanks but I'm kind of a veteran myself. I run GrapheneOS and the only Google service I use is YouTube ReVanced with MicroG. I decided to replace it with Pipepipe wiwhich does not have dearrow as LibreTube and others that use some kind of proxy won't work with a VPN anymore and I need to use a VPN to access YouTube unfortunately
Cool! I think you meant Newpipe? Probably autocorrect. I usually use that one as well, since I don't really watch YT on my phone not having sponsorblock or dearrow doesn't really bother me.
And yea, the proxy/VPN thing is a widespread issue that affects all YT alternatives. The root cause is YT themselves blocking ranges of IPs if they determine it is a data center or VPN (and also random nsig changes). Every once in a while it will start working, but then you'll get blocked after watching one vid.
This same reason is why the amount of public Invidious instances has dwindled and they now recommend self-hosting it. Even with FreeTube, I can't use a VPN. You might still encounter some issues from time to time even with Newpipe through a VPN.
No it's really is PipePipe (I know what a silly name) and since it gets updated more frequently than other forks I thought it might be better and yeah you're right I can't access YouTube proxy services because I use a VPN but then I have no choice so that's that
hahaha... indeed what a silly name!
That's a bummer though. It's only going to get more difficult to view anything on YT privately.