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IP blocked by youtube (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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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[-] itsraining@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 days 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.

this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2025
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