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   nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 16-Aug-2024 04:25:12 JST nixCraft 🐧

   Damn. YouTube now requires an account to view videos. It says, "Sign in to confirm that you're not a bot". Suppose I logged in to Gmail with no issues. This is what AI is doing. Every platform is getting closed source.

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     georgia (georgia@netzsphaere.xyz)'s status on Friday, 16-Aug-2024 04:25:04 JST georgia

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     • Kevin Caccamo
     @Talon1024 @nixCraft NOOOOOOO I LOVE NEWPIPE
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     Kevin Caccamo (talon1024@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Friday, 16-Aug-2024 04:25:11 JST Kevin Caccamo

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     @nixCraft RIP Newpipe and Freetube 2019-2024 😭

     EDIT: Newpipe still works... Somehow.

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     georgia (georgia@netzsphaere.xyz)'s status on Friday, 16-Aug-2024 04:46:22 JST georgia

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     • Meko #nowar
     • Kevin Caccamo
     @yura @nixCraft @Talon1024 I love aurora store
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     Meko #nowar (yura@udongein.xyz)'s status on Friday, 16-Aug-2024 04:46:23 JST Meko #nowar

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     • georgia
     • Meko #nowar
     • Kevin Caccamo
     @georgia @Talon1024 @nixCraft I guess the only way to mitigate it is to create a FOSS YouTube app that will implement account login (like it works now with aurora store).
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     Meko #nowar (yura@udongein.xyz)'s status on Friday, 16-Aug-2024 04:46:24 JST Meko #nowar

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     • georgia
     • Kevin Caccamo
     @georgia @nixCraft @Talon1024 it depends on your IP address. If YouTube requires your IP address to sign in, new pipe won't work (as don't work opening your video in incognito mode).
     
     Looks like many Hetzner and DigitalOcean IP addresses (if not all) are affected.
     
     Interesting that if you start video in New pipe and then immediately enable VPN it will continue playing ir.