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by drnick1 126 days ago
> YT has started to place its content behind sign-in wall

Any examples of that?

2 comments

Try opening any monetized video behind a VPN service, with a clean browser cache, and not using chrome .

50/50 it will play, without logging in 1st

yt-dlp has to have you install an entire JS runtime for it to function now.