Lyra_LycanI got hit. The UK is no longer safe from this.
drspodJust be patient for the inevitable uBlockOrigin update that will fix it.
True aha. yt-dlp still works mostly, so I suppose I could just use it to download my subscribed and watch offline. There’s always a way
With or without cookies?
I’ve recently been told to sign in when trying to access YouTube videos not just on a VPN, but now at my own residential location
you can add “–cookies-from-browser firefox” or whatever browser you use, to the end of the yt-dlp target
I’m personally just not that excited about needing a YouTube account to be signed in, in order to view/download videos. I imagine they wouldn’t take too kindly to that if they caught me. My existing account kind of matters, and apparently now you need a phone number to register a new one
Downloading a video is functionally identical to watching the video. I’m not 100% sure they can’t tell, but they certainly shouldn’t care… You’re not circumventing anything by downloading a streamed video, they just obfuscate the download functionality.
I imagine they might care because advertisements are their source of revenue on that platform, which I believe loses money regardless. They’re also getting increasingly adamant about breaking people’s ad blockers.
It also appears to me that every combination of functional use requires some form of identification:
- If you’re logged out, they’re okay with you browsing from an identifiable home IP address.
- If you’re on a VPN, they’re okay with showing your videos if you log in so they can track your viewing habits.
- If you’re on a VPN and make a new account, they want your phone number so they can tie your identity to an actual human being.
It might be a bit paranoid, but these factors combined suggest that Google does not want us to watch videos without providing some form of (inferrable) personal identification. And if Google can’t get what it wants, specifically data and ad revenue, they might be very willing to terminate an account that’s draining their coffers.
Does it have to be a home IP? I use a 4G connection behind NAT444 and it works fine without logging in. My LAN is 192.x.x.x and my router is on 10.x.x.x which is on the ISPs network, then right now on 85.x.x.x as a public IP which is clearly shared between multiple other customers.
They would do this instead of giving out IPv6 addresses…
you need a phone number to register a new one
So what has worked for me in the past is: Get a cheap android/ChromeOS device (or power-wash one that you’re not using any more) and ensure that there’s not a working SIM card in it. When you power it up and it goes through the first-time-user setup, it asks you for your Google account, and provides you with the option to create one if you (claim you) don’t have one. Since there’s no SIM card, the newly created Google account has no phone number attached.
I imagine that you could copy down the info about this newly-created account (after making sure it has a password and you know what it is), and then wipe/power-wash the phone/tablet/Chromebook and do the process all over again and create another Google account.
Every google-OS-running device I’ve ever owned has gotten a new Google account created for it.
That is sneaky. I might need to give that a shot… Although I have the feeling it might not like whatever VP and I sign onto first
Schwim DandyFreetube is patched often and remains usable 99% of the time for an ad(and sponsor, if wanted) free experience.
As Youtube makes changes solely to break these players, they are quick to jump through the new hoops.
Freetube also has DeArrow built in to replace clickbait thumbnails and titles!
VikIs this with Firefox + ublock origin? Things are still fine on my side.
It's already happening on librewolf.
heck. I’ve not had it so far in Firefox. Will keep an eye on it I guess
Give it a minute. Librewolf comes with ublock origin preinstalled.
Thank you for the heads up!
Not OP but I’ve had it happen to me today with Firefox + ublock origin
It happened to me for the first time today and that’s what I use.
I literally just clicked the x and played the video so it didn’t effect anything though.
TundraIs it less buggy now? I tried it a while back and gave up.
Mobile app is awesome though.
yeah they have a flatpak now, I should of directly linked to that:
Awesome. Thanks for that, will have a look later.
no worries, have a good day
You can hit the x and continue. This is basically just a stern warning with no consequence for now
This.
I get this pop up once or twice every couple of months maybe? I just click through and nothing happens / changes.
For mobile I use the grayjay app.
VPN to Europe? Otherwise not sure how the UK was ever “safe” from this.
RedSnt ♾️🦋♂️👓🖥️VPN to Albania or Monaco since they don’t have ads on youtube at all.
jherazobFirst i hear of it, is there some sort of diplomatic situation that leads to this?
Not sure. I always just thought it was due to laws in those countries.
In the case of Albania it seems that it’s just as simple as youtube not being present in the country at all, and that Albania has just been allowed access to youtube despite being a money drain and them not helping pay for server costs via ads.
In the case of Albania it seems that it’s just as simple as youtube not being present in the country at all, and that Albania has just been allowed access to youtube despite being a money drain and them not helping pay for server costs via ads.
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You just close the window. I’ve seen this twice in the last three years and never experienced any actual change – still no ads or even black screens where ads should be.
Lord WiggleGrayjay.app
RodneyckFreetube on my PC and devices, Smartube for Fire TV.
Sterile_TechniqueYou can block element on that pop-up with uBlock Origin, and it starts working again.
If you can’t click anything, there’s a transparent layer still in the way, so you may need to do a second block element (click anywhere and the entire screen should highlight).
Weird side effect is that the scroll stops working sometimes, but if you make the video full screen then back it fixes it.
There are a few browser extensions that force a scrollbar even on pages its disabled if you need to work around it.
Though not being able to scroll down to YouTube comments should be considered a blessing.
for anyone interested:
the scroll not working is most likely due to the main container in the page (usually the <body> tag but it can be some other element) having the overflow: hidden CSS property assigned to it.
overflow dictates the behavior of an element that has its content overflow past the parent element’s boundaries.
the property can have four values:
visible, where the overflow is fully visible and allowed to extend past the parent element,scroll, which clips the overflowing content and allows the user to scroll the parent element,hidden, which clips the overflowing content and prevents scrolling, andauto, which works almost identically toscroll
most sites run a script that assigns this property with the value of hidden to the <body> tag, making the user unable to scroll the page.
ive seen this behavior the most with sites that blast you with an unavoidable cookie banner which you have to click through to access the page. usually removing the cookie banner element is not enough to freely access the page, and so you have to additionally find which element has its overflow set to hidden and disable that property.
i reckon youtube’s adblocker popup is doing the same thing, and coincidentally turning off fullscreen also runs a script that makes sure the overflow is set to either scroll or auto
I always wondered how this worked.
It feels strangely vindicating when symptoms that just look like ‘a weird bug’ to my dumb ass actually make sense to folks who know what they’re doing.
Thanks for the insight!
I use pipe pipe on android, haven’t had any issues and works great
CoelacanthPipePipe my beloved. Never had any problems with it either.
Woot woot, added that to my arsenal.
Vanced, new pipe, free tube, tubular, pipe pipe, mobile brave, yt-dlp->jellyfin, laptop->HDMI splitter-> capture card +comskip
The spice will flow.
Technically side loading apps should be legal now on iOS in the EU are there any iOS players?
No. Neither is sideloading allowed by Apple, since you still need to pay the 99€ a year to sign your Apps, nor do such players exist because the people who know how to do such stuff have better things to do than spend 2000€ for a MacBook just so some Apple users can usw YouTube for a week before their Dev license gets suspended
And I hate to be that guy, but if you want to own what you paid for, you maybe shouldn’t keep pouring Water in form of your money onto the Oil fire that is Apple.
You fuc**'n Donkey!-Gordon Ramsay.
support.apple.com/en-gb/117767
Oh I just read that and assumed there might be something seeing as iPhones are pretty popular phones. I just bought this phone 2 years ago and I’ll probably keep using it till it breaks or stops getting security updates. I don’t really care about phones or computers and will probably go back to a dumb phone once this one breaks.
The brave browser is a pretty good option on iOS, it has a good Adblock and it has support for background audio (assuming you enable it in the browsers settings)
It is one of the only browsers on iOS that I know of that has both, meaning you can use it to listen to YouTube music with no ads and with the screen off.
Idk the brave dude is weird af
NoxyBrendan Eich personally donated money to the campaign which successfully banned same-sex marriage in California. That alone makes him and anything that potentially earns him money off limits for me. Thankfully he’s no longer at Mozilla
Yeah homophobia is lame
Incognito mode works, but you can’t see the history
Use a front-end like Piped or Invidious and be happy.
Negative comments and dislikes incoming in 3, 2, 1…
Why do you think you’ll be downvoted for that? I see people recommend them literally all the time on similar posts
Firstly. People don’t like Piped or Invidious because they often gets broken due to Google’s work to try shut them down completely.
Invidious is basically all broken already because of this. And it can be hard to find a good Piped instance that works.
I have Piped installed on my server and it happens that I get “login to prove you’re not a bot” or what the error message is.
And secondly. People tend to be very mean online and I don’t trust any people until they have proven they are indeed nice and not mean in any way (like judging or trolling).
Lastly. I am in a very bad mood which boosting the second reason.
Ah alright that makes sense.
(Also just to make sure, wasn’t meaning any like rudeness in my reply, im autistic so if I did sorry)
You were not rude to me. You asked a simple question, that’s it :) I’m autistic too.
voidspaceYep. Got this yesterday (UK).
I had a couple of adverts make it through yesterday in the UK, just closed the tab and went to some locally hosted content instead. Seems like its working again today. I don’t log into youtube at all.
thericcerContent isn’t free…
Goldmage263Google is doing fine. They don’t need more funds.