They hate VPNs
Oh, they know you're not a robot. They're just having trouble tracking you.
this post was submitted on 03 Apr 2025
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Seal, YTDLnis, Newpipe, Tubular, freetube, etc... So many alternative options.
A few days ago, the alternatives did not work, gave errors, etc. YouTube is aggressively fighting against alternatives.
I think alternative clients meet the same fate:
This is Newpipe (latest version):
(I hid the video title for privacy reasons)
Like they literally refuse to send the video packets until you do the captcha (or in worse cases, force a log in). There is no magic app that bypass it. You can work around the ads, you can't work around a log-in/captcha wall.
Have you tried going through an invidious instance? Freetube does that so I don't think the VPN is really necessary. You are already accessing YT through a proxy of sort with invidious.
As long as YT bans lists of VPN IPs there is no point in complaining about it. Either find a VPN that is not blocked or go the Invidious route but there isn't many approach...
Wait, newpipe works for me (I'm from Greece if that matters). Running version 0.27.6
Ditto here in AU
Grayjay?
Now that all he major AI companies have scraped all of the YouTube videos, Google wants to prevent others from getting into the market.
I don't even need to use a VPN to be forced to login...
They hate VPNs
Well, that's because they get less data about you when you use a VPN. Google being Google are not gonna love that are they?
Where's the ai extensions to bypass this shit?
I'm not sure there is one. The whole point of Captchas is to stop non-humans.
(Is there such extension? Curious... 🤔)
Don't use a VPN to login then. S
Seriously though a VPN doesn't do much for privacy in the age of Google.
(Better yet, use Newpipe)
Welp, I guess we are just conceding defeat.
All hail the corporate overlords.
Privacy is dead, resistance is futile. (Right? Just give up, don't even try)
You gave up all privacy when you use the YouTube software.
Btw, its Fennec (Firefox) + uBlock Origin, not "Youtube Software", just to clarify.
No, it is YouTube software
It is entirely dependent on Google services which are all proprietary JavaScript.
They can screw you in all sorts of ways and they gather every bit of data they can.
You're right. I'm gonna pack my bags and move into the woods.
Reject technology, return to monke.
~/s~
Unfortunately true especially if you're not blocking cookies. Also fingerprinting sucks.
They hate VPNs
I have no issues with my VPN. Which one do you have? Did you switch servers to see if it fixed the issue? Generally Google gives these prompts when there are many requests from a single IP address. When you have a proper VPN service, all connections will be spread out over many servers so there won't be a lot of people behind a single IP address, so there won't be that many requests to Google servers. This will solve the issue. I have Proton VPN, I never have these prompts anymore since I switched to Proton.
Switching to an EU country usually fixes this for me. When they ask me to sign in I change my country to Germany on the VPN and I don't have to sign in anymore. The video plays.
Dont use official interfaces.
Revanced?