I think this was happening across most 3rd party apps and it was something on Google's side
this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2023
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The thing is, YouTube Android API, which was used by Android apps to embed YouTube videos, has been deprecated a few months ago. I remember YouTube video began to stop playing in Sync For Reddit app around two months ago. The API has been replaced with the YouTube iFrame API, but this API is very JavaScript/browser-centric, so it's probably not trivial to add to a native app in a performant/memory-efficient way.
YouTube videos within the app are always slower to load than opening the app which is almost instantaneous. I guess it's good to have for the people that need that, but it should be a setting whether to watch videos in app or opening YouTube.
Sadly Google pulled support for this.
Damn, the amount of anti-consumer BS every big corporation is pulling right now is mind boggling.
Great work with the app again btw!
That's included with the $40/month tier.
All jokes aside, I'm sure it'll get added eventually.