Youtube stops playing after 1 minute
- /e/ version:1.10-s-20230412278810-stable
- Device model(s):Fairphone 3 and 4
- Developer mode enabled: no
- Device rooted: no
- Trackers blocker enabled: yes/no (tried with and without blocker)
Summary
When watching a video on youtube, it stops loading after a minute more or less. Several Commown customers reported this issue, and we reproduced it too.
The problem
Steps to reproduce
Install youtube from App Lounge and start a random video. Just wait ~1 minute until it stops working
What is the current behavior?
Video stops and is infinitely loading.
What is the expected correct behavior?
Whole video plays without issue
Solutions
Workaround
Use NewPipe: https://f-droid.org/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/
Possible fixes
Latest version of microG may fix this problem since a new PoToken implementation has been introduced in microG: