This is usually because they’re using a common VPN service. I’ve found that connecting to Ireland gets me past this prompt more often than not, but that likely won’t last long.
Comment on YouTube won't let me watch a video unless I sign in...
Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 day ago
As someone without a YT account, I have seen this with regards to age verification (on rather random videos, actually), but not with “you might be a bot” reason.
Manalith@midwest.social 1 day ago
HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
VPN Ireland has been my go-to for years. If it stops I’m gonna be pissed.
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Since I always browse with VPN + lots of privacy protections, I feel like half the websites I visit think I’m a bot. It’s a pain in the arse.
graphene@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Turns out reCAPTCHAs aren’t actually ‘tracking the way you move your mouse’ but just trying to match you to one of the billions of statistical models held in Google datacenters that represent the device fingerprints, personalities, locations, and preferences of every Internet user they track.
And when they fail to match you… then they presume you’re not a real person.