You could try Invidious, or another alternative front end.
Is there still anyway to bypass Youtube "Sign in to confirm your age" bullshit in 2026?
Submitted 3 weeks ago by DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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Semjeza@fedinsfw.app 3 weeks ago
fizzle@quokk.au 3 weeks ago
Do any of these instances ever work ?
I loved invidious for a long time but I just gave up about 6 months ago.
Even hosting your own instance it was almost always not working waiting for a new release or workaround to be pushed.
GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
inv.nadeko.net is the most reliable one, followed by yewtu.be. It gets broken every once in a while, but it always bounces back. I gotta admire that about the Invidious folks.
Semjeza@fedinsfw.app 3 weeks ago
I watched the side boobvideo on invaneko, for science, to ensure no barriers to the video.
But I agree, they’re at best inconsistent.
muntedcrocodile@hilariouschaos.com 3 weeks ago
If PipePipe can’t do it I doubt its possible. Unless their exists some region that u can VPN to that doesn’t require said sign in but I doubt it
aviationeast@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yes.
Don’t Open Youtube
communism@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
No, afaik every alternative frontend that still works with age-restricted videos works by letting you sign in with a Google account (which defeats the point). I’ve tried a few.
I just make an account for just the age-restricted videos. FreeTube still works for me for non-age restricted videos (if it doesn’t for you, try changing VPN countries a few times—also you need to restart FreeTube every time you change VPN servers, otherwise it doesn’t work from the new server, idk why).
GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I haven’t gotten FreeTube to load anything in forever. What tricks are you using?
communism@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Nothing, just using the latest FreeTube. Are you up to date? They’ve pushed out a few releases recently to get around new YouTube trickery. Your VPN server might also be blocked; I’ve had luck with Mullvad’s Swedish servers lately.
altphoto@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
If only there were videos on YouTube of people cleaning naked or trying transparent clothes.
altphoto@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Can’t find much in terms of a penis.
This is an unfair double standard:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMOSBZi6cHU&t=43
www.youtube.com/watch?v=upxEK7dbYBI&t=55
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQXvRrLmS1E&t=131
Finally some real penises:
altphoto@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Siegfried@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Not what OP asked for bur there was a mexican gal that would do carpentry naked
altphoto@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
altphoto@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Here’s one with big areolas covered in sand!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0eYPftTXLM&t=88
But you know its tits because it looks like sandy tits.
GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
sompreno@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Can you still vpn to a country that doesn’t have age laws
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Such as?
I’m in PA, USA and afiak there are no such laws anyways… this is just youtube being a dick
sompreno@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Ok then did YouTube implement the age checks globally then that sucks a lot
GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
VPN with a double hop ending in France or Brazil usually works for me.
cheese_greater@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Just try different countries in your VPN, you’ll probably stumble on a few that work.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I understand the sentiment, but gotta say YouTube is one service that is much better when logged in. I have my history and personalization disabled everywhere except YouTube. If I open YouTube’s front page in an incognito tab, it’s wall-to-wall trash on the level of Jerry Springer. Meanwhile I’ve been getting recommendations to my precise taste for years. Lots of good music found in the recs.
I don’t even open random YouTube links from social media under my account, so as to not mess up the recommendations. Always using an incognito tab instead.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
It’s less about privacy more about minimalism…
I don’t want too many accounts to manage… I just wanna watch a bunch of stuff and forget it
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2 weeks ago
This was changed some time ago. This is YT front page when you’re logged out:
Which is exactly what I want to be recommended by YT.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Hmmm, you’re right, it now tells me to “search to get started”. Guess the onslaught of total unmitigated crap as the default page for a region was rather embarrassing. That’s the downside of using the greatest common factor as the starting point.
Thankfully I have my own interests instead, and taught them to Youtube. Works like a charm.
enbiousenvy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Seems like internal A/B testing. happened to me few weeks ago in whatever device/front ends. I tried Tor but maybe it is already blocking Tor, still requires sign in. Using VPN finally works in few countries.
But 3 days later I can use NewPipe as normal.
CubitOom@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
This doesn’t work on age-restricted videos. You need to pass browser cookies where you have logged in to download such videos.
PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I tried to use Seal from Fdroid, which I think uses that yt dlp thing. Doesnt work.
CubitOom@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
Ive never heard of seal before. No idea if that’s a good software or how it’s using yt-dlp or what version of yt-dlp it is using.
I would try yt-dlp on a computer with the
–verboseflag.
sompreno@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Does this work on age restricted videos?
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Unwatched app on ios
buttmasterflex@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Still requires you to log in.
defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
No it doesn’t. I’m using it right now without an account.
hesh@quokk.au 3 weeks ago
PipePipe allows me to watch videos without signing in that ask for “sign in to confirm you’re not a bot” on the normal YouTube interface.
There may be videos that are age-restricted or otherwise account-locked that it can’t access I think, but I haven’t run into them.
nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
If that video contains some kind of nudity, it is possible to find it on a site like ytboob. Otherwise there is no way to watch it without an account.
JigglySackles@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It looks like that site needs an account too.
nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
No. It is working fine for me.
ytboob.com
It does not proxy the real video, they download and create a mirror. You do not connect to YouTube at all, directly or indirectly.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Invidious
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Tried… it doesn’t work for age restricted videos.
sompreno@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Same with every alternative frontend i’m pretty sure
zewm@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Can you YouTube-dl it?
sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Video ownloader it works but not very convenient
app.ytdown.to/en23/
Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Just using yt-dlp also works, but locally.
PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Unless I’m missing something, it doesn’t appear to: Image
sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Does it still work for you? for me it stopped working a while back
PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Tested it, and can second that this does technically work.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
That took one agonizing hour to download but the video seems to work.
Thanks.