Comment on What is this shit? I have to be signed in to watch any video now?

EpicFailGuy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• nogooduser@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It also does it sometimes if you’re on a VPN.

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  • tehmics@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m getting it constantly in my old reddit app. Seems if it doesn’t recognize your browser fingerprint it will call you a bot.

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    • TurboLag@lemmings.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, I think it might be some kind of rate limiting. In another thread, it happened to someone else after batch-downloading videos with yt-dlp, which also prevented yt-dlp from downloading. Then it was back to normal (no sign in required) a few hours later.

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      • tehmics@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Can’t imagine it’s a rate limit in my case, it happens the very first time I try to load a video with the in-app browser

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      • xylol@leminal.space ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That happened to me but it lasts like a month. No one in the house could watch YouTube lol

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• Nexoflexo@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  He’s using a browser version not revanced

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• frittoBee@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I normally use NewPipe but that didn’t work so I used Firefox and got that lovely message on the video. But now, a few hours later, it all works again…

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  • atrielienz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Are you also using something like ubo?

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    • frittoBee@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes I use ubo. I don’t know if I could browse the internet without it.

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      • thevoidzero@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Internet looks very different without it.

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      • PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You can, but you should not.

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      • atrielienz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        They’re upset about your use of UBO. They are actively targeting users who have it enabled. That’s why it’s trying to force you to sign in.

        For what it’s worth, I second the others. Don’t disable Ublock Origin. Try a different YouTube front end if you have to. Google can kick rocks with them s nonsense.

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