Youtube will try to force a sign in otherwise which is bad for privacy.
invidious can’t do it sometimes.
replacing ‘https://www.youtube.com’ with these sometimes work:
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you can also use https://piped.kavin.rocks
What is that? invidious?
https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped this apparently. Looks similar to invidious, but it’s not the same
I use yewtu.be and never get asked for age as i do in YouTube.
But yewtu.be doesn’t let you download anymore
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yt-dlp should allow downloading videos
Making a token account for it works, except in countries where they require ID.
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Yes in some European countries you need to show ID to watch age restricted content. It’s stupid.
So you guys don’t need to do that?
I am german so I have to use an invidious server to watch it without showing ID…
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You could also use mpv -
https://github.com/zerodytrash/Simple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass
Freetube
mpv with appropriate plug-ins.
Various invidious instances.
invidious.osi.kr for the win
Youtube DLG lets you download YouTube videos. I just checked and it also can download videos that are uploaded to reddit’s awful video player.
Or you may try odysee.com there’s no age restrictions, and many creators are moving there.
bonus: they don’t censor free speech like youtube
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