Pipeline versions 2.2.0 until 2.2.2 were recently released, reloading your feed seven times faster.
Pipeline now fetches your subscriptions from multiple Piped instances in parallel, bypassing rate limits and spreading load. It also automatically refreshes a list of currently working Piped instances on every startup, such that you don't have to manually search for working instances anymore. Overall, this lead to an improved loading time for my personal feed of a factor of about 7.
@schmiddionmobile when rate limiting is happening while watching a video after a while the player does not detect that and switch to lower fps or lower resolutions, first it could drop from 60fps, to 30fps, if that doesnt work drop from 1080p to 480, and then 360 if it still stutters. Please add "stutter" detect and not only go up automatically but also drop back down, alternatively allow manual selection (similar to freetube)
@goatwildernesscollective That is something you will need to report to Clapper, the internal video player Pipeline uses.
https://github.com/Rafostar/clapper