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First time this happens to me. With a German protonvpn server.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Have you considered trying out NewPipe or its fork Tubular (with SponsorBlocck built in)?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Tubular works like a charm like 98% of the time (which is way more than YouTube apps, LOL).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Yeah when google breaks something newpipe and its forks usually get updated within a day or two. I really gotta donate to them again.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately NewPipe will not help with that. I get this message in a browser and in NewPipe.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Have you tried if yt-dlp works? Cuz if that also doesnt, then maybe they actually temporarily blocked your IP?

I have never gotten this message on yt so cant test it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Here's the log from yt-dlp:

[youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR1buRTIKhk

[youtube] kR1buRTIKhk: Downloading webpage

[youtube] kR1buRTIKhk: Downloading ios player API JSON

[youtube] kR1buRTIKhk: Downloading mweb player API JSON

ERROR: [youtube] kR1buRTIKhk: Sign in to confirm you’re not a bot. This helps protect our community. Learn more

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Are you on a commercial VPN connection?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No, it's when I connect with my ISP at home. If I use Mullvad VPN or if I actually login into YouTube web app, everything works fine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

That is so odd. Can you manually reroll your home networks external IP address? Maybe reconnect your router. I dont know how they would be able to reidentify you otherwise.