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Google seems to be blocking API access for Piped video servers

github.com Piped not playing videos · Issue #2809 · TeamPiped/Piped

Official Instance The bug is reproducible on the official hosted instance, or is API-related. Describe the bug For some reason the videos dont load and I cant watch piped. I primarily use piped cau...

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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Most people's phones actually do, especially iPhone users, so that's not true.
- So don't buy a fucking iPhone or a Google Pixel or whatever, it's your choice.
  
  Meaning now I cannot use any phone and am now locked out of the modern age.
  Your refusal to admit a problem does not remove that problem.
  
  There are plenty of options for running Android distributions free of Google influence.
  
  Keep trying to avoid admitting the truth all you want to, you're still wrong about this.
  
  Wrong about what? I'm stating facts and you're crying about being forced to use products by big companies, which is entirely incorrect.
  
  You're missing the greater point, and that's the problem. Think about what we're all trying to tell you for five minutes.

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