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What is this shit? I have to be signed in to watch any video now? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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[–] 44 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You're probably using revanced or vanced ... there was a recent patch, you have to update it.

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  • [–] 52 points 1 year ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    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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  • [–] [S] 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Are you also using something like ubo?

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    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 that nonsense.

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