• maxwells_daemon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 month ago

    It’s probably because your browser’s fingerprint looks too uniform and hard to track. If they could tell who you were, they wouldn’t be asking you.

  • sudo@programming.devEnglish
    4·
    1 month ago

    I only ever get this when I’m on a VPN. Sometimes reddit will do that to me too. It means someone’s been abusing/scraping YouTube through your VPN server and they’ve temporarily blacklisted its IP address. Switch your VPN servers or turn off your VPN.

    • 6nk06@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      1 month ago

      Mullvad with a Ukrainian server works fine for some reason. But it’s a PITA to do, that’s why I don’t go to YouTube anymore.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 month ago

      My VPN gets blocked on reddit and YT and it’s my private server, OpenVPN on a Digital Ocean droplet in Amsterdam. What the hell?

      • sudo@programming.devEnglish
        1·
        1 month ago

        If you want to view the content, its change the VPN server or use a residential IP. Residential proxies exist but are expensive and I’m not aware of any residential VPN services.

    • School_Lunch@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      1 month ago

      Its been doing this to me for at least a year now. I don’t have a VPN. I look at old.reddit using duck duck go browser without an account. There’s no way I’m going to watch a bunch of random videos while logged in. It would completely screw up their absolute shit recommendation algorithm.

      • sudo@programming.devEnglish
        0·
        1 month ago

        I would guess you’re using a bunch of privacy protecting features that’s preventing them from verifying your browser/device. Unfortunately, being anonymous is the same as looking like a bot.

        Use NewPipe. It only ever gets blocked if you’re on VPN or if YouTube did an api update and the app needs to update to match.

        • School_Lunch@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 month ago

          Only thing I use is the duck duck go browser. The problem is any YouTube links I come across. I’m just not going to click them anymore and I’m not interested enough to try to find a link for YouTube on newpipe. I’m not going to watch random videos like I did before while logged out of YouTube because it wont let me anymore. I’m certainly not going to watch them while logged in because it would screw up the shitty recommendation algorithm even worse.

  • Gikiski@fedia.io
    1·
    1 month ago

    Apparently, YouTube thinks they have a too many viewer problem. This should fix that.