Submitted 6 hours ago by frittoBee@lemmy.world to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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This helps protect our community.
I hate when companies lie to my face. Watching a video anonymously is not harming anyone except maybe a fraction of a cent of cost to Google. If I was posting a comment or something maybe, but oh, you already need to be logged in for that.
This is why I use things like Newpipe on my phone or FreeTube on my desktop/laptop. Why deal with a massive headache when I can bypass the agitator?
They want to track you, and if you don’t let them (VPN, 3rd party client, VM, etc) then they pull this shit.
I always use VPN and when I get this nonsense I know it’s nonsense because the video plays perfectly if I switch to a different country and reload the page.
You’re probably using revanced or vanced … there was a recent patch, you have to update it.
It also does it sometimes if you’re on a VPN.
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.
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…
Are you also using something like ubo?
He’s using a browser version not revanced
Oh they have videos now? Last time i was there it was mostly just ads
Music on CDs
This has been happening to me in embeds for ages, and I am logged in. It doesn’t even give any option to sign in or watch on YouTube, I just don’t get to watch embeds anymore.
RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
LMAO at the irony of YouTube taking a stand against bot scraping as if that isn’t Google’s entire business model.
frittoBee@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Its always the same when some big tech company says its to protect you or the community.