cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/14909762
It seems YT started another attempt at blocking alternative clients. They changed something in their API and both SmartTube and Tubular (NewPipe fork) are completely broken. Apparently it started happening this past week, but we personally just felt it today.
Edit: SmartTube already has an update but still not working for 4K videos it seems. Tubular still not working but it might be due to the upstream (NewPipe) is still working on a fix.
Well at least Peertube is already using torrents
Just a similar tech. Few years ago they transitioned to something else for peer to peer load balancing.