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I don't understand Piped. It's marketed as a faster frontend for YouTube, but more often than not, for me it's actually a lot slower (buffering-wise) than normal YouTube, gives me lower video quality and I end up switching from it[1] to normal YouTube to make the experience bearable.

[1]: Nitter replaces YouTube links with Piped links, so I end up on Piped partly involuntarily.



I find Piped seems to work more reliably than Invidious (or at least my usual Invidious instance). Particularly on newer or music videos.

I consider the two largely exchangeable, though Invidious is my first choice. Piped seems to offer finer-grained control.

Most often I simply listen (usually to lectures / podcasts) via mpv (accessing through yt-dlp).




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