This time they started blocking both residential IP addresses and VPNs to discourage yt-dlp, NewPipe etc. From what I noticed, you need to use official website to load cookies and maintain that session to continue watching videos. It's irritating. I hope they fuck themselves and go out of business.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

@PullPantsUnsworn same. May 2025 be the year of collapse for Big Tech.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I wish more people would start using peertube (framasoft's federated video hosting software).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

But if they are blocking residential IPs, how can I watch my Video on normal youtube? Or are the just gonna fuck everyone because a few people are using things such as newpipe?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

It's not because of normal users, it's because of AI companies. Whatever open tools are developed to circumvent tracking are immediately also being used to suck up all data for training material.

These companies use residential proxies to circumvent normal scraping detection. False positives are collateral damage to them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

They block 3rd party tools like yt-dlp, NewPipe etc from residential IP addresses. Probably they deployed solutions to differentiate normal YouTube session on their website and automated tools.