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Is this really permanent? I'd love to know more about this bearer token. Because in the other github issue thread it seemed like every time they found a way ar

Is this really permanent? I'd love to know more about this bearer token. Because in the other github issue thread it seemed like every time they found a way around Twitter's safeguards, it was shutdown. It seems like they've literally hard coded a token into the source code. Meaning thousands of nitter-instances, thousands of users, around the world, will use the same token. And potentially so will the AI companies. So I just don't see how this can work.

cmeacham98 3y ago
My guess is that this token is used in the official Twitter web/mobile app - making it hard for Twitter to just straight up disable/ban.
- soraminazuki 3y ago
  I wouldn't bet on it. After all, this is Elon Musk we're talking about here. When given a choice, he'll choose the most disruptive option.
  - foderking 3y ago
    "the most entertaining outcome is most likely"
- NelsonMinar 3y ago
  that's what happened last time we went around this merry-go-round, back in January or so. Those keys were working for many months. https://www.reddit.com/r/fossdroid/comments/10b0krt/comment/j48xn4h/ https://www.reddit.com/r/fossdroid/comments/10b0krt/comment/...
DeathArrow 3y ago
It seems the old API is working again.
hospitalJail 3y ago
I think this is why NewPipe doesn't work most of the time. Or if it does work, its absurdly slow.
- lolinder 3y ago
  NewPipe has been working for me for years with occasional breaking changes on YouTube's side that required an urgent update. I watch pretty much everything at 2x speed 1080p and have no issues with buffering.
  - ajot 3y ago
    I generally watch things on 720p, and it's been crashing frequently. Setting the resolution to 1080 usually solves the problem, but transfers the problem to my wonky internet connection.
- roumenguha 3y ago
  Did you mean invidious?
jonnycomputer 3y ago
I'm curious that an "unofficial" API has been allowed to continue working, however intermittently, at all. I appreciate using Nitter, but something about it doesn't add up to me.

cmeacham98 3y ago

My guess is that this token is used in the official Twitter web/mobile app - making it hard for Twitter to just straight up disable/ban.

soraminazuki 3y ago
I wouldn't bet on it. After all, this is Elon Musk we're talking about here. When given a choice, he'll choose the most disruptive option.
- foderking 3y ago
  "the most entertaining outcome is most likely"
NelsonMinar 3y ago
that's what happened last time we went around this merry-go-round, back in January or so. Those keys were working for many months. https://www.reddit.com/r/fossdroid/comments/10b0krt/comment/j48xn4h/ https://www.reddit.com/r/fossdroid/comments/10b0krt/comment/...

DeathArrow 3y ago

It seems the old API is working again.

hospitalJail 3y ago

I think this is why NewPipe doesn't work most of the time. Or if it does work, its absurdly slow.

lolinder 3y ago
NewPipe has been working for me for years with occasional breaking changes on YouTube's side that required an urgent update. I watch pretty much everything at 2x speed 1080p and have no issues with buffering.
- ajot 3y ago
  I generally watch things on 720p, and it's been crashing frequently. Setting the resolution to 1080 usually solves the problem, but transfers the problem to my wonky internet connection.
roumenguha 3y ago
Did you mean invidious?

jonnycomputer 3y ago

I'm curious that an "unofficial" API has been allowed to continue working, however intermittently, at all. I appreciate using Nitter, but something about it doesn't add up to me.