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I host a number of alternate frontends. Alexandrite for Lemmy, Redlib for Reddit, Invidious for Youtube. And then I have the Privacy Redirect extension make any links to Reddit or Youtube go to my local.
Is Invidious still working? After the latest round of API patches on Youtube's end, I didn't think it was.
No, it doesn't seem to be. That's ashame.
There are still active instances out there. They are a pita to maintain as you'll be playing catch me fuck me with Google ad nauseam. I gave up running my own instance and just rely on the public instances since they seem to be good at whack a mole a la Google.
How do you keep Invidious running? I've tried all the alternatives like Piped, etc. I can't keep them running for more than a week before it gets banhammered by Google.
Well, its apparently borked and I didn't realize it. I've never gotten an IP ban but I also wasn't using it a ton - mostly just for when I'd search for instructions on something an a YT vid was my only option.
I mainly use Nebula for watching videos. And the handful of creators I follow who are strictly youtube, get slurped up by ytdlp via Pinchflat
That was basically what I wanted to use it for. There are several fairly reliable Invidious instances still left.
yewtu.becomes to mind andinv.nadeko.net. But it's hit and miss, and it gets pretty janky having to refresh the instance, then pick a new instance, then Anubis weighs your soul to see if you are allowed to view content. But, like you say, if that's the only video tut you can find..... I usually just download the video and when done, delete it. Trying to jump through YouTube's hoops is a futile endeavor. They've made it so painful to watch content on their platform while still trying to retain as much of your data as possible. Screw 'em.Ah, that seems pretty cool :D