frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 23 days agoIs there a way to watch "age-restricted" videos on youtube?message-squaremessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up184arrow-down1message-squareIs there a way to watch "age-restricted" videos on youtube?frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 23 days agomessage-square32linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefloolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·23 days agoFar as I know, in my own usage, you can’t bypass the age restriction currently. Maybe I’m using it wrong?
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·23 days agoYou cannot. And you also now often get blocked when using a VPN, and have to use a flag to use cookies to get past it.
minus-squareSleightly@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 days agoWhat do you mean by using a flag? I’d like to level up my VPN game
minus-squareLemmchen@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up9·23 days agohttps://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ#how-do-i-pass-cookies-to-yt-dlp
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·23 days agoIt could be that Youtube also broke how it used to work, and it doesn’t work anymore. I was just hoping maybe it did, for OP’s sake.
Far as I know, in my own usage, you can’t bypass the age restriction currently. Maybe I’m using it wrong?
You cannot. And you also now often get blocked when using a VPN, and have to use a flag to use cookies to get past it.
What do you mean by using a flag? I’d like to level up my VPN game
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ#how-do-i-pass-cookies-to-yt-dlp
It could be that Youtube also broke how it used to work, and it doesn’t work anymore. I was just hoping maybe it did, for OP’s sake.