[stwrzn]

Youtube doesn't even want me to watch videos anymore!

Every video is just this now:

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[loloquwowndueo]

This seems to be ip-address-based. Change your ip if feasible, possibly using a vpn, and you can likely bypass that.

Or you could just do the healthy thing and walk away from YouTube. Plenty of better things to do with one’s time!

[stwrzn]

It is IP based, and my whole range is banned. I welcome it though, as you said it stops the Youtube time-wasting.