Comment on Google has been blocking many tools/IP ranges that try to synchronize with YouTube

• VerPoilu@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  That’s interesting. I assume this only applies to the mobile client. On the web, it would not be possible. You can verify by looking at the outgoing network requests on this random video for example: invidious.privacyredirect.com/watch?v=qKMcKQCQxxI

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  • dan@upvote.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    On the web, it would not be possible.

    Why not?

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    • VerPoilu@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Because of the CORS settings on Google’s servers would tell your browser to not go forward with the request. There are two ways it could eventually be possible:

      • By opening the video in a new page/tab that only contains the video, with the YouTube player, which defeats the purpose a bit.
      • By installing an addon or an app on your device.

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      • dan@upvote.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I haven’t checked the CORS headers for YouTube videos but wouldn’t access have to be fairly open to allow embedded videos to work?

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