[Bug] "This helps protect our community." - "Please sign in to confirm you’re not a bot" · Issue #4734 · iv-org/invidious
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Update 21/09/2024: #4734 (comment) EDIT by @unixfox: The Invidious team is aware of this issue. It appears that it affects all the software using YouTube. Please refrain from commenting if you have...

cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/22423685

EDIT: For those who are too lazy to click the link, this is what it says

Hello,

Sad news for everyone. YouTube/Google has patched the latest workaround that we had in order to restore the video playback functionality.

Right now we have no other solutions/fixes. You may be able to get Invidious working on residential IP addresses (like at home) but on datacenter IP addresses Invidious won’t work anymore.

If you are interested to install Invidious at home, we remind you that we have a guide for that here: https://docs.invidious.io/installation/..

This is not the death of this project. We will still try to find new solutions, but this might take time, months probably.

I have updated the public instance list in order to reflect on the working public instances: https://instances.invidious.io/. Please don’t abuse them since the number is really low.

Feel free to discuss this politely on Matrix or IRC.

  • Lord Wiggle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    You can still watch YouTube without ads using grayjay.app including sponsor block.

    Thanks to Louis Rossman

      • UraniumBlazer@lemm.eeEnglish
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        5 months ago

        But ur data gets raped if u don’t use a VPN + no account (but then u don’t get to see age restricted material)

        • Mojave@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          5 months ago

          Yo did someone hit you in the head with a golf club? Why are you talking like that?

          • UraniumBlazer@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            5 months ago

            Isn’t it true tho? YouTube’s a privacy nightmare- they know everything about ur content preferences, ur political learnings, everything. Without a VPN + no account, say goodbye to any semblance of privacy.