PipePipe (a fork if I understand right) is working so looks like there is at least one workaround still possible.
Newpipe
Website : https://newpipe.net
Blog : https://newpipe.net/blog/
Github : https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe
Donate : https://newpipe.net/donate/
Things such as Freetube do not seem to be affected.
...yet
NewPipe has been choking on video links for a few days, but Retry would eventually get them to load. Not anymore as of an hour ago.
Is this the IOS player response issue? I'm getting that in Piped, but apparently there's a fix that's been merged in Newpipe that should hit Piped fairly soon:
Yep.
I think this should serve as a warning for us all to download everything you can get your hands on, while privacy respecting YouTube front ends are still available.
I'm thinking of starting a community where people can post magnet links to the YouTube videos they've downloaded and are willing to seed. Do torrent sites allow YouTube videos? Since they are technically already free.
Don't do Youtube a favor by saving the videos it hosts.
The more people are inconvenienced by Google, the more Youtubers are squeezed by Google and the more annoyed subscribers they lose, the better for alternative platforms.
Let Youtube enshittify itself to oblivion.
I doubt Youtube's enshittification would do anything good for its competitors. Youtube is kinda shitty already, everyone knows it and everyone whines about it, yet no one switches.
Also hosting videos is unprofitable, Google only sustains Youtube to have data to feed AI on and to maintain market dominance. Competitors stand no chance.
Is there a Github issue?
If there is and it is linked, please do NOT spam it.
It seems the latest Github issue was from 5 days ago, so probably not?
For others reading, the rest of the integrations seem to be working fine (E.g. SoundCloud)
Seems Google is keen on accelerating my de-googling path...