Never ending error messages

[Avocadoman6]

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Affected version

0.25.2

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Tap any video
2. Get the annoying error message supposedly saying "something went wrong" when everything seems fine

Expected behavior

No error messages

Actual behavior

An error message keeps appearing no matter what I do.

Screenshots/Screen recordings

No response

Logs

Exception

• User Action: requested stream
• Request: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hLtlzkoGPk
• Content Country: US
• Content Language: en-US
• App Language: en_US
• Service: YouTube
• Version: 0.25.2
• OS: Linux OnePlus/OnePlusN200TMO/OnePlusN200TMO:12/SKQ1.210216.001/R.202212051726:user/release-keys 12 - 31

Crash log

org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ParsingException: Could not get like count
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.getLikeCount(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:508)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo.extractOptionalData(StreamInfo.java:279)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo.getInfo(StreamInfo.java:83)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo.getInfo(StreamInfo.java:73)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper.lambda$getStreamInfo$3(ExtractorHelper.java:119)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper.$r8$lambda$YTHJjScxCJNO1LTCqs3IKy35iyY(ExtractorHelper.java:0)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper$$ExternalSyntheticLambda3.call(R8$$SyntheticClass:0)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleFromCallable.subscribeActual(SingleFromCallable.java:43)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.subscribe(Single.java:4855)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleDoOnSuccess.subscribeActual(SingleDoOnSuccess.java:35)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.subscribe(Single.java:4855)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeFromSingle.subscribeActual(MaybeFromSingle.java:41)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Maybe.subscribe(Maybe.java:5377)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray$ConcatMaybeObserver.drain(MaybeConcatArray.java:153)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray$ConcatMaybeObserver.request(MaybeConcatArray.java:78)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.flowable.FlowableElementAtMaybe$ElementAtSubscriber.onSubscribe(FlowableElementAtMaybe.java:66)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray.subscribeActual(MaybeConcatArray.java:42)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Flowable.subscribe(Flowable.java:16013)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.flowable.FlowableElementAtMaybe.subscribeActual(FlowableElementAtMaybe.java:36)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Maybe.subscribe(Maybe.java:5377)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeToSingle.subscribeActual(MaybeToSingle.java:46)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.subscribe(Single.java:4855)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleSubscribeOn$SubscribeOnObserver.run(SingleSubscribeOn.java:89)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Scheduler$DisposeTask.run(Scheduler.java:644)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.run(ScheduledRunnable.java:65)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.call(ScheduledRunnable.java:56)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
	at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:307)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1137)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:637)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1012)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'boolean java.lang.String.equalsIgnoreCase(java.lang.String)' on a null object reference
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.lambda$getLikeCount$7(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:458)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.$r8$lambda$JNZYncC0vyG9Ez_PK6G8Ez8Psqs(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:0)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor$$ExternalSyntheticLambda14.test(R8$$SyntheticClass:0)
	at j$.util.stream.d2.accept(SourceFile:0)
	at j$.util.stream.d2.accept(SourceFile:0)
	at j$.util.stream.d2.accept(SourceFile:0)
	at j$.util.stream.d2.accept(SourceFile:0)
	at j$.util.a.tryAdvance(SourceFile:0)
	at j$.util.stream.l2.z0(Unknown Source:6)
	at j$.util.stream.c.a0(Unknown Source:15)
	at j$.util.stream.c.Z(SourceFile:0)
	at j$.util.stream.c.t0(Unknown Source:10)
	at j$.util.stream.J.v(Unknown Source:8)
	at j$.util.stream.c.w0(SourceFile:0)
	at j$.util.stream.l2.findFirst(SourceFile:0)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.getLikeCount(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:466)
	... 30 more

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Affected Android/Custom ROM version

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Affected device model

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Additional information

My Internet connection is perfectly fine no matter where I go. It even happens at my house.