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Anyone who’s been using privacy-respecting frontends for some time will recognise Piped. A YouTube frontend with no ads, integrated SponsorBlock, return dislikes, and a customisable UI.
Piped also allows you to subscribe to as many channels as you want without ever logging into a Google account. You can export your subs list from YouTube and import them to Piped seamlessly.
If you’ve never heard of it, give it a glance at https://piped.video. For more instances, check here.
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can definitely recommend this, but just a head’s up - Google has a habit of hitting the main instance with rate limiting, which causes videos to not load until it gets fixed. but thankfully Piped has multiple instances, so if the main one is down, you can keep watching.
I heard of a service called Farside that automatically reroutes links to a working Piped instance if you replace youtube.com with farside.link/piped.
Since the big ones are rate limited, this helps me find smaller instances that aren’t rate limited yet.
Nice!
Is this a similar concept to NewPipe?
Yep, Piped uses the NewPipeExtractor to load videos, just like NewPipe. However, Piped runs it server side, and NewPipe runs it client side. YouTube likes to rate limit the big instances too, so all you have to do is use a smaller one like il.ax or piped.adminforge.de.
Doesn’t this make NewPipe better in that instance? If it’s client side you aren’t going to be rate limited.
There is also a fork of NewPipe that integrates SponsorBlock (I don’t know if Piped has that).
Piped has SponsorBlock. However, NewPipe is still just better, even if only for Android. I use it more often than Piped.
Should really get aroundto sonating, though.
What’s the advantage of running this server side?
That youtube don’t know YOU scrape their website. in fact, they don’t even know you’re watching a video.
However, YouTube rate limits big Piped instances, so it’s better to use NewPipe or a small instance.
Small instances it is ^^
A couple days ago I found a service called Farside, apparently you can replace youtube.com with farside.link/piped to redirect to a random smaller Piped instance. It works pretty well for me, although sometimes I just use il.ax because I’m just lazy and don’t want to type that much.
That’s nice!
Although, IDK how it works with piped, but because I’m using SearX for years and instances can log things if they want (and some did), I got used to briefly go over the service’s policy. I need to check if piped instances can log things before using random instances.
I use it for about a year new. There are a few hiccups now and then, but you can just switch instance. That’s why I recommend using Libredirect with it. If you have trouble with an instance just ping the instances in Libredirect and chose a new one. Backup your preferences from the old instance and import it to the new. Your settings and subscriptions are available again.
Excellent timing! With the rumblings of YT attacking anti-ad users and me using my new iPad Pro for watching stuff on the go, I’ve just started looking into side-loading.
Looks like I’ll be going with an app that utilizes this fw. Good share!
SmartTube for Google/Android TVs! So amazing. AdBlock and sponsorblock built in.
How’s the UI? I remember using it over a year ago and it felt really crusty compared to the Chromecast YouTube app
Much better than before, I’d imagine. I haven’t used it for that long but I find it really smooth and nice to use, I haven’t had any issues, really.
Hell yeah most of my consumption is on my tv so I’ll try again
Inb4 YouTube starts charging for API access… too soon? :(
Piped (and similar projects like NewPipe, Invidious, and FreeTube) scrape YouTube instead of using an API; so just like Nitter, they won’t be affected by a paid API.
Ironically Nitter stopped working lately, since Twitter started requiring users to be logged in to read anything.
That is a stupid decision, makes Reddit’s the second worst to happen today! Musk just keeps driving Twitter into the ground just like spez is doing to Reddit.
Invidious does use a YouTube API. FreeTube uses Invidious, so probably same story there. I don’t know about the others.
I recently had a back and forth with one of invidious’s developers. Judge for yourself.
I’m sure they’re watching the reddit situation very closely.
How does it compare to invidious? Worth switching?
The two are quite similar services, there are only minor differences. Invidious uses its own API to scrape, while Piped uses the NewPipe extractor serverside. Piped also requires JavaScript to run, while Invidious does not. Overall, it’s just up to your choice. Generally I prefer Invidious, then open a vidro in Piped if it won’t load in Invidious just to see if it will.
Having a lot of troubles with viewing content in any of the instances. Unfortunate since things are looking a lil’ bleak on YouTube as a whole.
Initial player response is not valid. Doesn’t inspire confidence that it is immediately broken.
eh, i don’t think it’s fair to discount a youtube frontend for having a bug, especially not a frontend as new as this one. projects at this early a stage always have issues, & youtube frontends have to deal with the added bonus of google randomly rate-limiting & consistently trying to break them. youtube frontends are always going to have issues & need constant updates by nature, there’s not much any of them can do about it
main instance is being rate limited - basically Google likes to go ‘fuck you’ and kill the main instance for a few days. just switch to a smaller instance and you’ll be good
Hello there, I’m the author of Piped and would love to answer any questions you may have! 👋
is there any way for me to sign into my youtube account by way of piped so I can get my sub feed and stuff?
You can export your Youtube subscription into a csv file that can be imported into Piped. If you enable cookies you don’t even need to create an account and can still have a personal feed. That’s the main reason for me to use it above Invidious
Just downloaded it, thank you!
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How is it different from NewPipe?
It uses NewPipe in the backend. Your requests will be proxied through the Piped server.
To add on: There are a few things about this difference. Unlike in NewPipe, your IP never reaches Google, easier to make frontends or apps (Most private YouTube apps are an an Invidious/Piped frontend, excluding NewPipe and a few others), only the server’s. However, YouTube rate limits large instances, so it’s best to use a smaller one.
NewPipe generally provides a smoother experience, but it’s largely limited to Android while Piped can be used anywhere.
Do any of these frontends have a “watch later” function? What I really need is the “remove watched” button, since its just a playlist.
I just create a playlist “watch later” add my videos to it and use it like the watch later feature in YouTube. It does a pretty good job
