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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Noooooooooo! The poor google 😢

their $412,378/s has been reduced to $412,367/s! 😭 😭

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Yeah, they should provide thousands of gigiabits of video streaming to everyone for free. It’s our right!

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It’s not for free. They use your data. Also most of these ‘free’ videos are made by enthusiasts.

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Most of what they use your data for is to serve you ads. If you’re blocking ads, that data isn’t all that valuable.

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Enthusiasts who want to earn money off the platform, yes.

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Big platforms tend to forget they’re big because they’re free. It’s our duty to remind them.

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I wish the product was somewhat good too. Piped has features that even YT Premium users don’t have.

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They print money, sorry i lost my pity for multi billion dollar internet giants.

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You know they wouldn’t get paid if nobody watched the ads. And if they didn’t get paid they wouldn’t have any reason to pay to run the site. Explaining that a corporation will not run a site like YouTube for free (which it wouldn’t even be, it costs a lot of money to run) if they weren’t getting paid. Quit attacking other users simply for pointing out facts. It’s beneath you (I think)

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