Newest Shennigans from YouTube

I don't have a YouTube login on purpose. After having had issues with some random videos asking me to login to confirm my age (no porn or anything, seems to be random harrasment), I now get "log in to prove that you are not a bot" (rough translation).

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9 Comments

AutumnSpark1226@lemmy.today · 22 pts · 1y (1 reply)

"Sign in to confirm that you're not a bot" usually means your IP is (temporarily) blacklisted by the video server. You can try using a VPN or tor.

Treczoks@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Thanks.

thyristor@lemm.ee · 11 pts · 1y (6 replies)
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Treczoks@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y (4 replies)

That would be for Android. No, I prefer watching videos on a screen. This happened on Firefox on Linux.

ImWaitingForRetcons@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Free Tube is an option

Treczoks@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Installed it, tried it, got an error message that was gone quickly. I'm now searching for an error log, but so far no success.

HollowNaught@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Youtube just changed their ad blocker again, so freetube/invidious will be down for a day or two

Treczoks@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

I've seen short upheavels caused by youtubes greed these days when they complained that they did not like adblockers, but at least the video restarted after a short hiccup. This seems different. No, this is different, I just checked.

burgersc12@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 1y

Pipepipe is basically Newpipe with sponsorblock added. I recommend it over Newpipe/Tubular.

falseprophet@fedia.io · 4 pts · 1y

Do you use VPN? I get that error since I started using vpn and I need to switch remote connection.