I realize this is a really silly request, but I absolutely refuse to watch YouTube videos without a proxy frontend let alone logging into a google account.
I’ve been wanting to watch dnsl’s “Fallout RP is serious business” but it’s age restricted.
Does anybody know either of a way to bypass the age restriction or can just send me the video? I’ve tried everything I know short of giving in and signing into YouTube.
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You can’t bypass age verification on YouTube.
yt-dlp still works for age verification content, but you have to pass cookies to it.
But here’s the video: https://qu.ax/KsDqd.mp4
I bought a google account for less than $1, used it to log in to pipepipe and nothing else. Then I only use pipepipe when all else fails.
I haven’t found any other way, even an unreliable one.
I also found myself not wanting to click youtube links because there’s a good chance I’ll spend the next 5 minutes switching apps and vpns and whatnot to make it work.
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I have not been able to successfully create any big tech accounts woth any kind of privacy protection, like on a VPN.
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I think the question is, can it do all those other things without having to log into your YouTube accoubt?
Yes.
The logging in is for getting your subscriptions transferred. Though you could also do the export method on there too.
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I don’t think any of the proxies or frontends have a good way around it yet, and google is clearly using it as a way to fuck with said frontends. Best practice suggestion: Every time you get cockblocked by something like this, you must send at least one friendly DM or message to the content creator suggesting they at least put a second copy of their content on a decentralized platform.
inv.nadeko.net try this. But sometimes it is down. My method is freetube over VPN for normal videos and for some geo restricted or unplayable videos I use invidious.
I love daniel.
Settle down, partner.