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YouTube doesn't let me watch without turning off my VPN?

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  • tuxenthusiast@sopuli.xyzT [email protected]

    YouTube won't let me watch this video with my VPN on.

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    Likely depends on your VPN. I use Proton and it’s fine.

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    • tuxenthusiast@sopuli.xyzT [email protected]

      YouTube won't let me watch this video with my VPN on.

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      Only criminals use VPNs. Well known fact.

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      • pfr@lemmy.sdf.orgP [email protected]

        Does freetube work on Android TVs?

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        Probably not, but I’d try LibreTube

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        • fijxu@programming.devF [email protected]

          I think its better to leave it Closed Source, otherwise, YouTube team will be able to see how it works and how they circumvent their efforts on blocking 3rd party clients.

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          Alternatively they could decompile it

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          • tuxenthusiast@sopuli.xyzT [email protected]

            YouTube won't let me watch this video with my VPN on.

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            Proton + Ghostery wombo combo should still work for now for ad blocking and VPN.

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            • umbrella@lemmy.mlU [email protected]

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              Yes. Ive managed to watch 4K 60fps HDR content from YouTube over Tor without hiccups.

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                Probably not, but I’d try LibreTube

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                I can't see why an android app isn't feasible. I got the last pipe bender working in my tv. But it's not quite as polished as free tube

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                • D [email protected]

                  I spun up my own invidious container and that has made my connection far more consistent.

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                  Ay any tips?

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                    I find if I use my VPN and I'm not logged in, it says I can't watch unless I log in. If I turn it off, it works. I think if you're logged in, they can track you and monetize you. If you're behind a VPN and they also don't know who you are, they want to push you into telling them who you are.

                    What I've found as a workaround is to search videos using Duck Duck Go. It has a way you can watch YouTube stuff through DDG without being logged in. I imagine they'll eventually figure out a way to patch that.

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                    Ya so users like say @[email protected] and surely MANY others who don’t get nagged…

                    Wondered “what if some of us are browser fingerprinted so good they/their advertisers know we’re us, not bots, and pretend to let us stay anonymous” 😞

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                    • B [email protected]

                      Ay any tips?

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                      You can run it as a docker, pretty easily.

                      Run this to generate your visitor_data and po_token

                      https://github.com/iv-org/youtube-trusted-session-generator?tab=readme-ov-file#tutorial-with-docker-1

                      Paste those into your docker_compose.yml file in the appropriate fields. Also, generate a nice long string for the hmac_key

                      https://docs.invidious.io/installation/#docker-compose-method-production

                      This does give you an "identity" with YouTube, but you can generate new tokens as often as you want, replace them in your yml, and restart the container.

                      One the container is running, update FreeTube settings abs change the "current invidious instanc" to http://localhost:3000/

                      Let me know if you get stuck.

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