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Google has been blocking many tools/IP ranges that try to synchronize with YouTube (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] RmDebArc_5 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Invidious shares your IP with google, it does not act as a proxy

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

I guess this reply lost its “by default” part on the way 🤔

[–] [email protected] -5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty confident that you are wrong.

[–] RmDebArc_5 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Fair enough, that's interesting. I assume this only applies to the non-web clients. On the web, it would not be possible. You can verify by looking at the outgoing network requests on this random video for example: https://invidious.privacyredirect.com/watch?v=qKMcKQCQxxI

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

On the web, it would not be possible.

Why not?

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

Because of the CORS settings on Google's servers would tell your browser to not go forward with the request. There are two ways it could eventually be possible:

  • By opening the video in a new page/tab that only contains the video, with the YouTube player, which defeats the purpose a bit.
  • By installing an addon or an app on your device.
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I haven't checked the CORS headers for YouTube videos but wouldn't access have to be fairly open to allow embedded videos to work?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

For that they use iframes, which have a different security system.