• Moskus@lemmy.world
    65·
    8 months ago

    It would be stupid, but very funny if someone created a YouTube bot for Piped links…

    • konalt@lemmy.world
      51·
      8 months ago

      They’d get into an endless loop of responding to each other. Just a regular internet conversation then

    • MajesticSloth@lemmy.world
      1·
      8 months ago

      Needed one the other day because the post only had the Piped one and Piped never loads for me. When it briefly used to load then it would buffer constantly.

  • Yote.zip@pawb.socialEnglish
    41·
    8 months ago

    What is the etiquette for posting YT links in this scenario? If the content is from YT I’d prefer to post the canonical link instead of a mirror that may go down or may get hugged to death. If you’d rather view on a mirror I’d suggest you use e.g. LibRedirect. Does this make sense? Are there better ideas? I’d like to promote non-YT frontends but am not sure what the best option here would be.

    • jackoneill@lemmy.world
      422·
      8 months ago

      I would say just post the YT link and let folks do what they want with it. When someone only posts a piped link I don’t bother clicking because they are very unreliable for me and I pay for YouTube so I like to just use it and not deal with the bs.

    • railsdev@programming.dev
      71·
      8 months ago

      It would be nice if client apps allowed URL rewriting. I’m on iOS and I doubt Apple will make system-wide URL rewriting possible (ignoring jailbreaking).

      • rbn@feddit.ch
        8·
        8 months ago

        On Android you can assign alternative apps as a standard app for specific URLs. This works just fine without root etc. via the regular app settings. E.g. in my case YouTube links from everywhere (mail program, browser, lemmy, …) open automatically in the privacy-friendly NewPipe app from F-Droid.

        • DNOS@reddthat.com
          1·
          8 months ago

          Where have u set this option I can’t find it in settings some time ago I have probably set YouTube as default since I can’t chose a different app …

          • rbn@feddit.ch
            3·
            8 months ago

            In Android 14: Settings / App Settings / / Default opening (Terms might be slightly different. As my Android isn’t in English, I had to translate it.)

            First go to the official YouTube app (if installed) and remove the binding. Then, go to NewPipe (or your preferred client) and set the binding there.

            • Gestrid@lemmy.caEnglish
              2·
              8 months ago

              Typically, you can find the setting by holding down on the app’s icon, tapping the icon that looks like an “i” inside an “o”, and tapping on “Open by default”. After that, make sure “Open supported links” is on, and then tap “+ Add link” to add more supported links. That’s how it is on my phone, anyway.

              Like you said, if you (or Google) have already set a default (for example, YouTube links always opening in the YouTube app), you have to go in to your YouTube app settings (same way as described above) and switch off “Open supported links”. Then you can go into the other app’s settings (Newpipe, ReVanced, etc.) and make it the default.

            • DNOS@reddthat.com
              1·
              8 months ago

              Thanks man unfortunately I have a Xiaomi phone so probably I don’t have the default options for video streaming links since miui and android are similar I have found the app settings and the defaults but I don’t have anything such as default video player (for links ) thanks anyway 👍🏻

              • TwanHE@lemmy.world
                1·
                8 months ago

                For miui it’s apps / manage apps / 3 dots top right corner / opening links. go to YouTube and find the links it opens, now add those links to your app of choice and uninstall / disable the official app.

      • Yote.zip@pawb.socialEnglish
        4·
        8 months ago

        Couldn’t a client app manipulate the URL from the fetched post content before displaying, even on iOS?

    • helenslunch@feddit.nl
      41·
      8 months ago

      Piped is not a mirror, it’s just like a backdoor access to the original YouTube video.

      So if you can access it on YT, you can access it on Piped

      • glibg10b@lemmy.ml
        52·
        8 months ago

        So if you can access it on YT, you can access it on Piped

        Unless Piped dies

        • helenslunch@feddit.nl
          41·
          8 months ago

          Piped can’t die. It’s just software. Maybe one instance can “die” and go offline for some reason but there are thousands more.

          Same for Invidious.

            • Gestrid@lemmy.caEnglish
              4·
              8 months ago

              The bot OP is talking about links to a single website. But the code running the site is used to run many sites like it. Similar to how Lemmy works.

              That’s my understanding, anyway. I haven’t looked too much into it, so I could be wrong.

    • lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      31·
      8 months ago

      I can’t imagine there’d be any damage to posting two or more links: the YT one, a piped one, an invidious one, etc… All sides of the conversation that matter are covered.

  • helenslunch@feddit.nl
    234·
    8 months ago

    Hot take: Piped API sucks and is a giant waste of resources (unless you’re running your own instance)

        • LordKitsuna@lemmy.world
          41·
          8 months ago

          What does that have to do with the API though? You said that the API sucks I’m curious about that part. I understand thinking the public instances suck because they can never keep up and get overloaded but your original comment said that the API itself was bad somehow.

          • MikuNPC@lemm.ee
            4·
            8 months ago

            By API I think he meant the default API endpoint, not the API specification

    • Dog@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      8 months ago

      I agree. I’ve had to switch instances so many times, it’s frustrating.

  • chepox@sopuli.xyz
    11·
    8 months ago

    Do content creators get views if I watch a video through any of the front-ends?