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Is this the death of FreeTube? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by kuiskaaja@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Videos looping infinitely in SABR requests and becoming unwatchable.

Comments unavailable to read because of "TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'endpoint')".

These have been a problem for like at least 2 weeks now. Before there were like 3 refreshes due to SABR and you could open up comments by spamming the button despite the error.

Now however, it's completely unusable.

Is this the death of FreeTube? I've really loved this software and would hate to have to permanently return to the website with all that tracking bullshit and no offline subscriptions :(

edit: An update was released, it is now possible to watch videos but the comment section is still broken.

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[–] trevor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

When one falls, another takes its place. Check out VacuumTube. It uses the official YouTube Leanback interface with adblock, sponsorblock, etc.

That said, I'm sure FreeTube will probably be able to fix whatever you're going through, assuming it isn't Google rate-limiting or blocking you outright.

[–] kuiskaaja@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

thank you, seems like there's no offline subscriptions but this is better than nothing.

i can just check the subscriptions from freetube for now i guess, unless that breaks too

hopefully freetube gets fixed soon! i really miss it already

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[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Oh wow this is exactly what I wished existed. A standard TV experience without ads.