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Fix video playback by using video ID bound poToken #1392

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Feature description

YT has made a change to support POtoken. This needs to be fixed to prevent http 403 errors in the future. Freetube, Ytdlp and Grayjay have encountered this problem. There is a fix

It seem 403 occurs again due to YT switching to video bound poToken (instead of visitorData bound poToken)
This PR just makes local API use former for all stuff now (the latter is no longer used)

Why do you want this feature?

Fix video playback by using video ID bound poToken. It seem 403 occurs again due to YT switching to video bound poToken (instead of visitorData bound poToken). This PR just makes local API use former for all stuff now (the latter is no longer used)

FreeTubeApp/FreeTube#8137

ytdlp pr; yt-dlp/yt-dlp#14471

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The application should also be improved accordingly.

NewPipe may not be affected yet because this is an a/b test. Or some other reason. But just in case, just a note

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