frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 month agoIs there a way to watch "age-restricted" videos on youtube?message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareIs there a way to watch "age-restricted" videos on youtube?frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 month agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefloo@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoFar as I know, in my own usage, you can’t bypass the age restriction currently. Maybe I’m using it wrong?
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month 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.
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month 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-up0·1 month agoWhat do you mean by using a flag? I’d like to level up my VPN game
minus-squareLemmchen@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agohttps://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ#how-do-i-pass-cookies-to-yt-dlp
Far as I know, in my own usage, you can’t bypass the age restriction currently. Maybe I’m using it wrong?
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.
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