YouTube pushing for signups

[Dr Bob]

Just in the past couple of days I've been blocked from watching YT videos with a screen that asks me to sign in to prove I'm not a bot. I've checked with 3 different computers with multiple browsers (but never Chrome). I don't agree with their ToS and I've chucked all G-accounts some time ago. Now they really seem to want to make sure they are capturing all of the data they can as it's more valuable in trade than just showing ads at people.

Anybody else having this issue? I expect channel traffic will be way down if this is widespread. At least Odyssey works fine although Common Sense Skeptic hasn't bothered to crossroad their content for about a year.

[RoGeorge]

So, are you a bot? 

Using, LibreWolf/Linux, not logging into my YT account any more, for reasons caused by some blocking issues from some many months ago.  That's when I had to give up logging in, and use RS feeds instead of subscriptions.  So far no issues when not logged in into any YT/Google accounts.

[Dr Bob]

I'm not a bot yet, but getting old so maybe there will be cyber implants before I expire. Who can tell?

I've tried Safari, LibreWolf (main browser) and FF. TOR has always been a problem since it won't feed Google the sorts of info Google wants to get. I haven't tried from my mini Chrome box that I updated with Cinnamon for this one web app I use for work. I'd never put the Chrome browser on any of my other machines.

I think people like Dave would see a significant drop in viewers if many people were also getting hit with this thing. I just spent some time looking up my favorite channels on Odyssey to see if they were being cross-pollenated. There aren't nearly the same number of viewers on the service and maybe this drive by Google is going to boost people moving over that aren't interested in signing up with Google to watch ads.

[nunya]

Fcuk Youtube and Google. I hope that the biggest YouTube channel owners will eventually make a coordinated move to open, decentralized video platforms. They can still generate income from sponsors and ads, as long as their audience makes the shift too. The main challenge, I think, is that both content creators and viewers have become so accustomed to data harvesting and ads that they believe it's just the way things are supposed to be, and that there are no alternatives. As a user and supporter of GNU/Linux and open-source software, I know this isn't true. However, it's a bit like the situation with social media—there are better platforms like Mastodon and Pixelfed, which are open, privacy-respecting, decentralized, and even self-hostable. But as long as the biggest content creators refuse to cross-post from platforms like Twitter or Instagram, progress is slow. End users (and creators alike) are still stuck under the control of the big corporations, Google and Meta.
By the way, it’s still possible to watch YouTube videos (without ads) on alternative front-ends like Invidious. However, instance owners really have to work hard to keep their servers running, as Google is actively trying to block them by altering the YouTube codebase. The number of active Invidious instances has now dropped to just 3 or 4, down from 20-30 a couple of years ago.

[jonovid]

always regarded the internet as a hobby. if it goes away I may need find another use for my PC. it's been nice knowing you, free-to-use WWW.
also seems like shittification has come for online video to, as it gets sucked into the pay-as-you-go AI black hole consuming everything.
do hope this corner of the internet with the eevblog will remain as is. or at least survive the onslaught of the 2030 robotic AI apocalypse.
seen the movie terminator. just saying

[Messtechniker]

If I don't like it, I simply move on and do something else

[voltsandjolts]

Just in the past couple of days I've been blocked from watching YT videos with a screen that asks me to sign in to prove I'm not a bot.

I get this when using a vpn and try to access you tube. They don't like you using a vpn because they want to geolocate you for targeted local advertisements.

[TUMEMBER]

Just in the past couple of days I've been blocked from watching YT videos with a screen that asks me to sign in to prove I'm not a bot.

I get this when using a vpn and try to access you tube. They don't like you using a vpn because they want to geolocate you for targeted local advertisements.

But all you need is the AdBlock for YouTube plugin with AdBlock Plus and you won't see any ads! And that's on Chrome. I've been using it ever since they blocked Chrome's microblock. Screw them—at least until they figure it out.

[themadhippy]

Just in the past couple of days I've been blocked from watching YT videos with a screen that asks me to sign in to prove I'm not a bot

Had the same earlier this year,lasted a day or 2 before buggering off,what did work was  using a private window.

[RoGeorge]

I don't see any of those pop-up messages. 

I am using LibreWolf/Linux, not logged into any Google account, and with the "uBlock Origin" ad-blocker on (and "Enhancer for YouTube" + "KellyC Show YouTube Dislikes" plugins, too, but that's only for cosmetics).  The one that matters the most is uBlock Origin, with all the filters activated.

[themadhippy]

I don't see any of those pop-up messages

Maybe ya been lucky,so far. I was and still am using ad blocking,pop ups disabled, dont feed me cookies ,but none of thats any use if your IP address gets put on the  naughty list.

[TUMEMBER]

I don't see any of those pop-up messages. 

I am using LibreWolf/Linux, not logged into any Google account, and with the "uBlock Origin" ad-blocker on (and "Enhancer for YouTube" + "KellyC Show YouTube Dislikes" plugins, too, but that's only for cosmetics).  The one that matters the most is uBlock Origin, with all the filters activated.

It doesn't work; it was disabled in Chrome a few releases ago. And I only use Chrome because it has a relatively advanced automatic translation of entire pages. FF, DuckDuck, and even Edge with its translator are a complete disaster.

[Dr Bob]

I hope that the biggest YouTube channel owners will eventually make a coordinated move to open, decentralized video platforms.

The more platforms creators are on, the better their chances of getting to audiences everywhere. One thing many will have to be careful of is using platform specific tools so it's easy to just post their videos without any fuss.

[Dr Bob]

Is anyybody still using Chrome these days?

Yes, some developers are as tools have been provided to make it easier to build Chrome specific online applications. There once was a time when anybody building a web page would make sure it worked on all of the major browsers. Not so much anymore. I've bashed two cloud app makers by asking them if they are owned by Google since their products only work via Google services. I see that as very dangerous as Google is well known for changing things with no warning. I'd not want to get a call at dark o'clock from somebody telling me my major source of income is offline and nobody knows why. I'm always shopping for replacements of those apps and I expect that somebody will come along and offer the same functionality without the baggage at similar pricing. If I want to spend twice as much, I can replace the service, but that won't fly with my customers as I need to have space to mark it up.

[thm_w]

Try https://freetubeapp.io/ or https://docs.invidious.io/instances/

If that doesn't work then either stop using the site or create a burner account.

I think people like Dave would see a significant drop in viewers if many people were also getting hit with this thing.

Depends what "significant" means to you, I doubt it will be more than a few percent.
stats https://www.semrush.com/website/youtube.com/overview/

[Simmed]

it looks like youtube has hit me with bot verification too

ok so i try to use other browsers for the fun of it
example brave, i never really want to use this 1 

but i found some weird stuff
for example the video list (see pics)

it looks fine on eevblog (left = firefox, right=brave)
strangely on some channels, using brave, things are missing
about 2months missing
so say we all know JRE #2433 exists
if i specifically search for it on brave #2433, youtube does not return that content specifically
i even try  it for #2432, it is sort of missing
 

so now, what is google doing to brave
 
very strange !
so by the powers that they have
they can make your content somehow "gone" 
some kind of "fog" to mask certain content ?