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YouTube "Sign In to confirm you're not a bot" (media.piefed.world)
submitted 5 hours ago by aloofPenguin@piefed.world to c/google@lemdro.id
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tried to open a YT link a friend sent me, and got greeted with this. Freetube and yt-dlp are also affected

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[–] ShyFae@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 hours ago

Happens all the time with me too, i just suffle my vpn until it works. I see you said you don't gave a vpn, but maybe if you shuffle one, it'll let you through.

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 4 points 4 hours ago

Happens to me regularly (using newpipe/tubular), they'll let you back in after a few hours

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 hours ago

It happens to me sometimes when I open it without being logged in. I usually close the video, it's not worth the effort to find it again on the logged in session.

[–] one_old_coder@piefed.social 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Do you use a VPN? Because I have this all the time for me. No way I'm logging in do watch a video.

[–] aloofPenguin@piefed.world 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

nope. mine wasn't on at the time. Just uBlock + Privacy Badger + Waterfox. Never had this happen to me before.

[–] atropa@piefed.social 3 points 5 hours ago

Not on ironfox or vanadium.