TL;DR: YouTube sends a Cease and Desist email to the Invidious team for API abuse (even though they don’t use the API.)
I also want to point out (since nobody else has) that YT has done shenanigans like this in the past. Invidious is not going down without a fight.
UPDATE
As of 2 weeks ago, Google has begun blocking multiple instances from accessing their services. This also includes my own instance and appears to be done alongside the C&D. (Note: I have not received one yet.) I’m currently playing whack & mole with Google and will be moving between several different servers. Some others are going through IPv6 addresses (which didn’t work for me.)
Aw man. This is how I watch YouTube videos :(
I love these privacy-friendly front ends for big tech websites. I guess it was only a matter of time before Go.ogle started fighting Invidious/Piped instances.
If you haven’t already checkout the plugin called “Privacy Redirect” for Chrome/Firefox. There’s also an android app version called UntrackMe (I think?). They basically intercept YouTube/Twitter/Reddit links and redirect them to privacy-friendly instances.
Yeah, it’s called UntrackMe. I use LibRedirect, works well enough and supports a wide range of services.
Thanks for sharing. Yeah LibRedirect does support a whole lot more! Going to switch to that now.
the guys at youtube are dumb
It goes higher than YouTube. It goes way up to the highest echelons of Alphabet itself.
Ugh this is going to break Freetube :(
Freetube is already broken for me. I only use it as a centralized following channels plataform (to get the updates from the channels i follow) and then get the indivious link and open it in the browser!
still works for me
