Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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Yes. I use a FireFox extension called ViolentMonkey that allows you to install scripts.
There is a script called Simple YouTube Age Restriction Bypass: https://github.com/zerodytrash/Simple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass?tab=readme-ov-file
Install the script in Violent Monkey and you should be all set to watch age restricted videos in Firefox without signing in.
Thanks
I haven't used yt-dlp in a hot minute, but it used to have a simple bypass for age-restricted videos that didn't need browser cookies. Anyone know if that still works?
yt-dlp is still alive, well and actively developed. It can now target abunch of different platforms.
Sure, but what about the age-restriction bypass, specifically?
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
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.
I know of this userscrpit, worked fine for me the last time i came across something age restricted
Been using that one for years without any problems. Users should be aware though that it uses third party proxies by default that could potentially log which age restricted videos you're watching.
"by default" so there's an option to disable?
The script won't work without a proxy, but if privacy is important to you, you can host your own and replace the default proxies with it. Your own proxy would require a verified YouTube account though, so it kind of defeats the purpose if you were trying to avoid creating such an account in the first place.
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Isnt this possible with Grayjay, or do you still need an account?
It's possible. You have to tick a setting.
You need an account. There is no bypass or workaround at this moment.
you seem confident, but it seems this is not true
My bad. I was wrong.
np, I learned this today too. we are truly very lucky to have these alternative services and the guys behind them
I use BravePipe on android. No account needed. Also can include removedute and Rumble if you desire.
Long ago i was building a front-end for YouTube. Back then it was just a parameter to the video in the embedded iframe. So my front-end was playing all videos without any account or being logged in.
Since the plugin works, I guess it just toggles that parameter too. Not sure why Google doesnt require an actual login but they dont (or didnt).