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Lol - get fucked YouTube (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by SuspiciousCarrot78@aussie.zone to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I've been having some weird issues over the last few days with not being able to search for things in YouTube when I'm logged in via SmartTube account.

So I decided to try accessing it directly. Well guess what? It looks like YouTube now requires age verification in AU.

Sorry Google... I'm not uploading my passport, drivers licence or govt id to watch your shit. I am however now very incentivized to use Tube archivist and Jellyfin, plus cron job to scrape your shit with gleeful abandon.

EDIT: Rather than removed about it, I did something and made Smarttube work without a google account. If that floats your boat, have at it. It supports direct import of your saved playlists via Google Takeout ZIP file, subscriptions etc without needing a youtube account.

Also, remember the excellent TubeArchivist exists if you want even more control.

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[–] Fleppensteijn@feddit.nl 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So we got to torrent our YouTube videos soon? EU is pushing for this too

[–] SuspiciousCarrot78@aussie.zone 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Probably. I'm going to fork Smarttube and set it up so it works with local user account, keeps playlists local and just accesses youtube for the vids. PipePipe already does that...it just has a horrible 10 foot UI for TVs. The only thing that breaks smarttube right now is needing Google account. So, I will rip that out.

Ultimately tho...yeah, p2p (peertube) might end up the way to go.