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Login to youtube to watch videos (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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First time this happens to me. With a German protonvpn server.

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[–] 62 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I desperately want a viable alternative to come along. There’s a lot of great content on YouTube, but the platform is increasingly being enshitified.

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  • [–] 45 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Pornhub.

    They have the technology and many of the features in place.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Now if only you could hide the pornographic stuff to not accidentally see disgusting nudity.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I’ve considered Nebula a few times. That could absolutely be the alternative I’m looking for if they keep adding creators and topics and variety.

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

    Thanks for doing the legwork, I appreciate the initiative :) I’m guessing that I’ll end up with a Nebula subscription, I just haven’t pulled the trigger yet.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I think patreon recently add an option for creators to make a free tier. Which on one hand could work, but on the other - we'd be constantly bombarded with "to see this video upgrade to the $10 or more tier" which would personally bum me out

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Youtube does a ton of evil stuff, but this one is more tame. I suspect the VPN was used to bot and got banned, so the sign-in is required to better target where the traffic is allowed to go, instead of blanket banning everybody using the service.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I suspect the VPN was used to bot

    There are plenty of sources, including even in this thread, indicating that that this is not the problem. Quit making excuses for them.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    uhhh... what?

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's not just you. I'm tired of the whole team of people who are always standing by to bring out similar excuses any time someone decides that in their quest to stop invidious from existing — or whatever google is actually aiming at — it's acceptable to just mass-block all the VPN users as collateral damage.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's not an excuse though. It's right there in the error message.

    Where are people getting the impression I think google is some kind of saint who can do no wrong? I don't even see the "proof" that is being used to say I'm coming to google's defense. Just a few anecdotal theories... just like I provided.

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  • [+] -6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ah, so it's not you coming up with the stupid excuse that they have legit reasons to think the user might be a nefarious "bot", you're just passing along the stupid excuse as you interpret it from the meaningless message direct from Google. That explains where you got the idea that "viewbots" had anything to do with it, I guess.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    So what they can bot with VPN without signing in?

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

    Bot can automate views. It's why Youtube keeps trying to move towards "engagement". Comments, likes, etc, all require an account, which is an extra hurdle for bots.

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