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IP blocked by youtube (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by Plantparent323@lemmy.world to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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I watch YouTube through newpipe, and recently tried pipepipe too. They work great, but lately I have been blocked on several occasions with a message that either says "content unavailable" or "your IP has been blocked by YouTube". I usually use a VPN which has helped but tried it today and still got this message :/

Finally changing the location on the VPN seemed to work. But seriously wtf is going on?

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[–] mistermodal@lemmy.ml 2 points 20 hours ago

VPNs work since they seem to be experimenting regionally, especially where they have less competition + more public-private partnership

[–] undefinedTruth@lemmy.zip 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Google has been pretty aggressive with blocking IP addresses of VPNs for quite a while. The only solution is to just try different VPN servers until you find one that works for the time being. Or, you can use Invidious. This instance has been working pretty well for me for quite a few months now.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

a better path forward is to use one of youtube alternative like freetube, peertube or tankietube

[–] undefinedTruth@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

FreeTube is just a frontend running localy on your machine. It still connects to YouTube in order to fetch the videos, so if your IP gets blocked it will not work either. It is possible to configure FreeTube to use Invidious, but that only works if you find a public instance that still allows API access. I still haven't found one.

Peertube is an open source self-hostable YouTube alternative. It is great, but only if the creators you follow actually put their videos there. Most creators will just put their stuff on YouTube and not bother with anything else.

As for TankieTube to be honest I've never heard of it. From a quick search though it looks like a Peertube instance like many others that you can use if you don't want to self-host. So, it applies what I said for Peertube.

What I myself do? I self-host a private instance of Invidious of which I am the only user, and then connect to it using Clipious on Android and FreeTube on the desktop. I also keep the server behind a VPN, so I can easily change the IP in case I get blocked. But for quite a few months now I had no such issues. Maybe I got lucky but I use this setup for close to a year and I am pretty happy with it.

[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I get this all the time when I download too much stuff with yt-dlp. I just unplug/plug my router and get a new IP.

[–] FranklyIGiveADarn@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

I can't get yt-dlp to work any more, it errors out all the time.

[–] roserose56@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In situations like these, I call my IP and I ask to reset my line or change my IP.

[–] runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago

You could probably log into your router and release/renew your IP.

[–] monovergent@lemmy.ml 30 points 2 days ago

YouTube being YouTube. It's aggressive enough that I occasionally get blocked even with a residential IP address.

[–] itsraining@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 day ago

Happening quite a bit lately, apparently they are trying to detect third-party clients and block suspicious IPs for up to several hours. This also goes for Invidious et al.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

they block you because you use an alternative client

[–] cristorf@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've had this on freetube on desktop happen constantly over the last few months. Seems to happen after watching a certain time length on YouTube and then blocks me from watching on freetube or using YouTube embedded. It tends to come back for me after a few hours. All its made me to is cut back on my youtube subscriptions and watching by nearly 90%

[–] retrolasered@feddit.uk 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Freetube, invidious and vacuumtube all stopped working for me. Getting error messages in freetube that looks like its getting xml when it expects json

[–] MoonMelon@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's been broken for a few weeks. They're aware but I think it's an upstream fix they're waiting on. In the meantime I use yt-dlp.

[–] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

I get this many times per day. I keep changing which vpn server I connect with.

[–] QuestionMark@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

Take a look at this post: https://lemmy.ml/post/36966537

[–] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Tampermonkey (Firefox extension) has a Youtube Tools script that still works for downloading.

[–] RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What do they mean by "logging in through Settings"?

[–] somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

You can log in to your google account in Newpipe and it's forks to google to not block you/block you less.

It's only used as a fallback tho

[–] RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

I don't see it, but maybe it's because I use Tubular.

[+] Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml -7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This group is "DeGoogle Yourself", and people are talking about needing to watch YT?! Interesting. It's not degoogle for sure, but hey... :-)

How about starting to make it worthwhile to use other sites than googles? I mean - go to an alternative, start following some content you like, or make your own.

It's pretty sad, especially in a group like this, to talk about your addiction and how you can't degoogle.

[–] undefinedTruth@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

There is content on YouTube that is not available available anywhere else. Using an alternative frontend with a local account like NewPipe is de-googling to an extend. If that is not de-googling then neither is using something like StartPage for search.

The whole point of de-googling is limiting as much as possible your data exposure to Google. Completely eliminating it is impossible. Unless you are fine with not being able to access the majority of the web due to the use of reCAPCHAv3.

[–] Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Please give me an example of content that you can't find anywhere else?

It's "degoogle", not "limit google use"... And no, it's not impossible. What a myth to spread in this forum. :-)

[–] paris@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I feel like you have to be trolling to ask for an example of a youtube video you can't find outside youtube. Obviously most creators don't crosspost their videos to something like bilibili or dailymotion or peertube.

Why are you trying to gatekeep getting away from google (degoogling) by claiming you have to completely abandon anything google owns for it to count? You're being weird.

[–] Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 hours ago

I didn't ask for a video specific to YT. I asked for a topic, for information, that you couldn't find anywhere else online, but on YT...

You must be a troll, to try to act stupid, or to consciously try to change the focus here!

You are truly weird for saying that degoogling is about anything else than to stop using google. Now, stop trolling!

[–] undefinedTruth@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Please give me an example of content that you can't find anywhere else?

I really dont know what answer you expect on that. It's no secret that the vast majority of creators only upload their videos on YouTube. Should they mirror them on something like Peertube? Well, yeah, but this is not in your control.

It's "degoogle", not "limit google use"... And no, it's not impossible. What a myth to spread in this forum. :-)

Please answer to me honestly. Do you block all Google related domains on the DNS level including anything related to Google reCaptcha? If yes, please tell me how exactly you are using the web in 2025? And if you don't, then you are still relying to Google services.

[+] Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml -8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I really dont know what answer you expect on that. It’s no secret that the vast majority of creators only upload their videos on YouTube. Should they mirror them on something like Peertube? Well, yeah, but this is not in your control.

It's a simple question, but I guess you just proved my point here. It was your claim, that there are exclusive content on YT, that you can't find anywhere else. A claim that didn't hold.

Tell me, why do you expect an answer, when you refuse to give one? I don't have to block every domain to not use a service. Are you really that clueless?

Next you'll be saying that I use google, when I read a document someone wrote in Google Docs, right? 🙃

[–] PMmeTrebuchets@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Are you being purposefully obtuse right now? There are tons of creators who post to YouTube and that's it. Nowhere else.

[–] undefinedTruth@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Are you serious right now? What do you expect me to do? List you every channel on YouTube that I personally happen to watch, to prove that they don't post their content anywhere else?

[–] Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 day ago

I asked you to give me an example of some content that only exist on YT. Bear in mind, it has to be some content that you need, and can't find anywhere else. There are, obviously some creators that post only on YT, but what they post about, you can find lots of other places. There's no real knowledge that you can only find on YT... But feel free to give me an example (that's just 1 example I ask for), and that's too much for you.

I rest my case! ;-)

[–] octoshrimpy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ethoslab

[–] Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ethoslab

easily found other places than YT... Next time, try writing a meaningful sentence.

[–] octoshrimpy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

AFAIK Etho does not upload anywhere other than YouTube. Go ahead and post a link that isn't a reupload. I've not found any.

[–] Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's literally on Ethos own homepage: https://etho.tv/ Twitch is a fine example.

And anyway - as I said, you can find a lot of people playing MC anywhere on the internet. And it's not like its crucial information for people...

[–] octoshrimpy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"etho.tv: welcome to ethoslab, (An unofficial chobblesome fan site)"

bruh.png

Links to Twitter, twitch, and YouTube. Twitch is for streaming, not for video uploads. Cmon man, why are you being this obtuse on purpose?

[–] Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why are you being stupid? Seriously, tell me what etho has uploaded, that is important information, that you can't find anywhere else online? I'm still waiting, for are you just being obtuse on purpose?

[–] octoshrimpy@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You are correct, it's not "crucial information". Alas I have a feeling you'd argue art also is not crucial. You should look up a fellow called Maslow and the pyramid he built.

Also, ad hominem alongside a few others

[–] Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml 1 points 20 hours ago

You are funny... Etho is art, is that your claim? Or are you just making a stupid and childish straw man here? 🙃

Uh, you want to debate Maslow, then please tell me which of the pyramids he presented, you'd like to talk about? And please tell me, how that in any way makes someone playing MC crucial to peoples lives?

[–] sleen@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

YouTube is usually the final straw in degoogling. It's not like there is much of a competition with other services really.

There is peer tube and odyssey which exist as alternatives, but the one common problem with them is the lack of educational content or other types of content.

So if you want a person to explain you a concept you don't understand - you are destined to go to YouTube.

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