Tell HN: Google getting aggressive about requiring account to use YouTube
(ycombinator.com)
Lately I’ve been getting more and more occurrences of YouTube refusing to play video with the message: <p>> Sign in to confirm you’re not a bot.<p>> This helps protect our community<p>From searching online, this seems to have started some months ago and to be affecting people on VPNs. In my case, I was browsing normally with iCloud Private Relay. It may be targeting downloaders and alternative frontends but so far we only have speculation.
Lately I’ve been getting more and more occurrences of YouTube refusing to play video with the message: <p>> Sign in to confirm you’re not a bot.<p>> This helps protect our community<p>From searching online, this seems to have started some months ago and to be affecting people on VPNs. In my case, I was browsing normally with iCloud Private Relay. It may be targeting downloaders and alternative frontends but so far we only have speculation.