2w ago

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

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/33017197

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It's probably because your browser's fingerprint looks too uniform and hard to track. If they could tell who you were, they wouldn't be asking you.
I only ever get this when I'm on a VPN. Sometimes reddit will do that to me too. It means someone's been abusing/scraping YouTube through your VPN server and they've temporarily blacklisted its IP address. Switch your VPN servers or turn off your VPN.
- Mullvad with a Ukrainian server works fine for some reason. But it's a PITA to do, that's why I don't go to YouTube anymore.
- That would explain why I get this too, but only some days and not others. Thanks for the insight (not OP)
- Its been doing this to me for at least a year now. I don't have a VPN. I look at old.reddit using duck duck go browser without an account. There's no way I'm going to watch a bunch of random videos while logged in. It would completely screw up their absolute shit recommendation algorithm.
  
  I would guess you're using a bunch of privacy protecting features that's preventing them from verifying your browser/device. Unfortunately, being anonymous is the same as looking like a bot.
  Use NewPipe. It only ever gets blocked if you're on VPN or if YouTube did an api update and the app needs to update to match.
- Turn off VPN… solid advice.
  
  If you want to view the content, its change the VPN server or use a residential IP. Residential proxies exist but are expensive and I'm not aware of any residential VPN services.
yeah, theyre a/b testing quite hard right now. yt even ip banned me for two hours once. lmao
Are you using a VPN?
- I get the same on PC after watching videos for a while, no VPN.
  Firefox
  
  Oh, Then they are desperate to block frontends (read:To make alot of money)
Apparently, YouTube thinks they have a too many viewer problem. This should fix that.
The only bots we permit are our own and those that pay us for your data
Time for invidious my friend https://yewtu.be/
- Solid advice
- Nice! Thank you for this. I've had good success with Grayjay on Android but this is a great desktop solution
  
  I gotta take a look on grayjay, on Android inusually use newpipe
How does signing in prove you're not a bot? Do they not know how many bot accounts there are?
Ive found that if I turn my router off and on again I dont get this message any more for a few weeks.
I get that sometimes. It goes away when I refresh.

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