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If only NewPipe worked...
I started using PipePipe, which is a fork of NewPipe that allows for signing into a Google account to authenticate.
I create dummy Google accounts using an old Android phone, as that doesn't require a phone number.
I've been using reVanced lately. It is a YouTube patcher, not a standalone application, but it's good enough for me https://github.com/ReVanced/revanced-manager/
That seems like a good solution for some people, but personally I would like to keep Google Play off my device unless I'm actually forced yo install it.
IIRC Revanced uses its own microG fork.
The original YouTube app that it's pafching is obviously still proprietary, but all patches and the patcher are open source.
I don't think it's required actually, you just download the APK, patch it and then install it. I haven't degoogled (yet) but there should be a patch that makes it independent from Google Play Services
Doesn't it? https://newpipe.net/
Every video fails to play, the only solution I've been recommended SK far is to disable my VPN but I don't want to for privacy reasons.
Did you try switching your VPN to a different country? Mine nearly always fails when my VPN points at my home country. But it nearly always works when I connect to another.
Can you download the though?
Nope. "Content unavailable" no matter what I do.
That sucks.
A thing you can do is change the endnode of your VPN. Some smaller countries are not blocked but your connection will be slower.
For a while a hammered the reconnect button until it worked but at this point I just went with split tunneling.
I think freetube let's you configure proxys. Maybe that could be another way to attack the problem
Oh, that's cause YouTube is blocking a lot of unsigned requests (from non-logged users). I have my own VPN on a popular VM provider and it's blocked too.
Not really a newpipe fault, and not much to be done unfortunately.
I hope they will atop doing that eventually...