piped is better! Invidious is good but hits google servers directly
Discussion
What does this mean for the user? Direct exposure to Google?
Invidious frontends by default do not proxy the videos. It gets the source video URL directly from Google. Some instances will allow you to proxy but need to manually set it.
Piped always does this, but there are still other merits to using Invidious depending on the situation (for example Piped requires JS while Invidious does not, and Invidious also works far better on Tor Browser).
Appreciate the info. I mostly use the NewPipe app and only recently discovered Invidious. I'll just use Piped if I have reason to access on desktop.
