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

  • Blackmist@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    Piped has never worked for me, to the point where I blocked the bot that reposts all YouTube links.

    Does YouTube even have an API for downloading videos? That would surprise me, even if it was for a fee. Their whole business model is adverts.