I was trying to airplay a video to my tv, just like I did for hours last night, and YouTube kept demanding that I login to prove I’m not a bot. So I figured I would make a fake login on Proton. That worked fine, but then it wants to text me for verification and obviously I do not want to give them my number, but it’s rejecting every number I try from the temp number sites.
I am in Safari for iPad in a private window, using vinegar.
This was an attempt by Goolag to try to stop NewPipe, Invidious and similar apps, and Goolag doesn’t need your number to prove you’re not a bot, they have their own reCAPTCHA for that. Just data collection.
Ok, so how do I beat it?
Config an RSS reader for the channels you follow on youtube. Watch the videos locally after downloading them. That’s what I do.
How do you dl them? yt-dlp is asking to pass credentials as well.
Use SmartTube on Android TV and Fire TV. Cast from Brave browser on Apple TV or Roku.
I don’t trust Brave, honestly
Me either, but it is effective at blocking YouTube ads on iOS for free 🤷🏼♂️
There are other paid options, and other side loading options as well. But Brave is easy and it works. I only use it for youtube.com on my iPad, so I’m personally fine with allowance for that.
on ios there’s orion browser which is still webkit based but supports firefox extensions like ublock
unfortunately it’s prolly never going to be foss, the devs said they were working on making it foss 2 years ago and they haven’t done anything
Fair point. I respect your arguments. What are the actual benefits of using Brave in this scenario?
For me this only shows up when using my VPN. I try a few different servers or switch to mobile and it works.
I switched it on and off, and changed countries, etc. It was very frustrating. I’m just going to download the ASMR stuff I like, I think. And not deal with these shenanigans.
For those who wanna shell out some money:
Pricing is likely a little higher than the lowest price they show. Expect a couple bucks or something after making a purchase of like… five bucks or so.
Apparently Monero is accepted.
(They have plenty of competitors and some might be cheaper or not require purchasing a balance.)
Not one price listed on that site.You didn’t scroll down the Rentals page far enough
Oh I see it
If you have to ask…
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That’s a dumbass quote. Who wrote it? Credit card agencies?
