Comment on Is there still anyway to bypass Youtube "Sign in to confirm your age" bullshit in 2026?

• PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Unless I’m missing something, it doesn’t appear to: Image

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• sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Does it still work for you? for me it stopped working a while back

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  • Creat@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yes, and all the download sites and tools don’t use anything else either. They all just wrap yt-dlp.

    If it stopped working for you, you might have to read the docs on the specific error you’re getting to see how to get around it. YouTube does try to make it harder, but it’s technologically difficult to fully block. There are workarounds for basically every case as far as I’m aware.

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    • sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I checked it now and it works fine if I don’t use VPN. but regular youtube also work fine without VPN.

      If I switch to VPN both yt-dlp and normal youtube give same error “please login to prove you are not a bot” which is the problem OP is originally trying to find work around for

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      • MalReynolds@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I find switching VPN endpoints works, bit whack-a-mole, but works. Actually I run a few with gluetun and just switch proxy port numbers.

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