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Google says adblockers caused YouTube views count to drop - this is what adblockers told us really happened (www.techradar.com)
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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 0 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Why do you need to login? I've been using YT w/o being logged in for a couple years now, and it's 100% fine. I can't watch some of the age-restricted videos, but those are so rare that I don't even remember the last time I've been prevented from seeing a video.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

I think so too and did the same as you.

What I'm saying is that when I'm behind my VPN, if I go directly to a video in YouTube by clicking on an external link that goes to that video directly (for example, a link to a YouTube video in a Lemmy post), YouTube literally demands that I log in to play the video, giving me no other option.

If I disconnect from the VPN and fully refresh the page, it doesn't demand that I log in.

I supposed they have the VPN exit point IP addresses of the VPN provider I use on some list and for connections from those IP addresses YouTube requires Log In before playing a video.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Ok, that makes more sense. I thought you were saying uBlock Origin was directly related here, but the culprit seems to be the VPN provider.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 hours ago

Well, I didn't exclude uBlock Origin because I'm not sure if it's not the combination VPN + uBlock Origin.

I did try disabling one of those (the VPN) and then it works, so I know for sure that uBlock Origin by itself does not result in a forced Log In at YouTube but I still don't know for sure if just the VPN without uBlock Origin causes this result.

I could test it, but I haven't done it yet (and, frankly, can't be arsed to do it) hence I left the mention to "ad block" in my original post.