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NewPipe v0.27.2 released (YouTube hotfix) (github.com)
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[–] LIE@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

To elaborate, while the errors in the middle of videos were because of general anti-bot measures, the errors at the beginning of videos were caused by a change that specifically targets third-party clients like NewPipe and youtube-dl. This is definitely part of an arms race.