Submitted 1 day ago by DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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).
I haven’t gotten FreeTube to load anything in forever. What tricks are you using?
You could try Invidious, or another alternative front end.
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.
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.
I watched the side boobvideo on invaneko, for science, to ensure no barriers to the video.
But I agree, they’re at best inconsistent.
Video ownloader it works but not very convenient
Just using yt-dlp also works, but locally.
Does it still work for you? for me it stopped working a while back
Tested it, and can second that this does technically work.
That took one agonizing hour to download but the video seems to work.
Thanks.
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
Yes.
Don’t Open Youtube
If only there were videos on YouTube of people cleaning naked or trying transparent clothes.
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:
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.
Can you still vpn to a country that doesn’t have age laws
Such as?
I’m in PA, USA and afiak there are no such laws anyways… this is just youtube being a dick
VPN with a double hop ending in France or Brazil usually works for me.
Ok then did YouTube implement the age checks globally then that sucks a lot
Just try different countries in your VPN, you’ll probably stumble on a few that work.
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.
Unwatched app on ios
This doesn’t work on age-restricted videos. You need to pass browser cookies where you have logged in to download such videos.
I tried to use Seal from Fdroid, which I think uses that yt dlp thing. Doesnt work.
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 –verbose flag.
Does this work on age restricted videos?
Still requires you to log in.
No it doesn’t. I’m using it right now without an account.
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.
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.
It looks like that site needs an account too.
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.
Invidious
Tried… it doesn’t work for age restricted videos.
Same with every alternative frontend i’m pretty sure
Can you YouTube-dl it?
GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Invidious is what I’ve been using forever. On mobile, PipePipe and a VPN set to Brazil or France is the best solution.