yt-dlp or embedded youtube links say "Sign in to confirm you’re not a bot" but for me the whole plan of this operation is that i don't have to do that.
that's pretty bad
(edit: it works again, i changed nothing just waited)
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I had this same issue the other day where none of my videos in new pipe would work and I found out that it was because YouTube wanted me to sign in and I'm assuming that that's the next phase of them trying to kick us off is just not serving people who do not have an account. So I would expect this to only increase over time. YouTube is about to end up the same way Facebook is where if you do not have an account you can't even look at anything on the service itself I would just about bet you that.
Because who doesn't have or doesn't want a Google account, right? /s
Edit: It's happening again right now, as a matter of fact.
A losing business model considering the growing amount of people who are sick and tired of the aggressive ad placements all YouTube.
Kicking out everyone who doesn't log into a Google account would lead to an immediate loss in viewership throughout the month/year, and that wouldn't do well with investors.
I sincerely hope that is the bridge they cannot cross and get away with it. Because if you are right, then we will be okay. If you are wrong, we are screwed.
Perhaps.
I mean, it's not like YouTube creators are happy with the state of the platform either. They keep getting paid less and less to the point that they have to resort to begging for donations or include sponsorships in the videos.
I imagine at this point other platforms are well positioned to capitalize on what YouTube has been doing to the platform for some time now. Personally I really like what platform aggregators like Grayjay are doing: basically the idea of following creators, not platforms.
So you can just install Grayjay now through their website and you'll be surprised by how many youtubers you follow are already on other platforms.