I was trying to airplay a video to my tv, just like I did for hours last night, and YouTube kept demanding that I login to prove I’m not a bot. So I figured I would make a fake login on Proton. That worked fine, but then it wants to text me for verification and obviously I do not want to give them my number, but it’s rejecting every number I try from the temp number sites.
I am in Safari for iPad in a private window, using vinegar.
This was an attempt by Goolag to try to stop NewPipe, Invidious and similar apps, and Goolag doesn’t need your number to prove you’re not a bot, they have their own reCAPTCHA for that. Just data collection.
Ok, so how do I beat it?
I change the VPN exit to a random exit until it works again
Use SmartTube on Android TV and Fire TV. Cast from Brave browser on Apple TV or Roku.
I don’t trust Brave, honestly
Wait, what are the problems with Brave?
Crypto currency built in and not open source.
Me either, but it is effective at blocking YouTube ads on iOS for free 🤷🏼♂️
There are other paid options, and other side loading options as well. But Brave is easy and it works. I only use it for youtube.com on my iPad, so I’m personally fine with allowance for that.
Fair point. I respect your arguments. What are the actual benefits of using Brave in this scenario?
It blocks the YT ads. Watch video, cast to TV. Isn’t that what your original question was? I mentioned SmartTube in my 1st reply as it’s the best adblocked YT experience on a TV for sure, but it does require an Android based set top box or TV OS. If you are in an Apple ecosystem, use brave just for casting YT to TV.
It’s pretty capable of blocking a lot of YouTube and Google bullshit. You could just use it for that.
Firefox focus works for me!
Config an RSS reader for the channels you follow on youtube. Watch the videos locally after downloading them. That’s what I do.
How do you dl them? yt-dlp is asking to pass credentials as well.