I don’t know if it’s the right place to ask.
I don’t want a Google account. I don’t use yt that much but I still need it.
I even tried yt revanced. None of them works

    • Substance_P@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      12 days ago

      Grayjay is great and I look forward to some bug fixes in the next updates. Unfortunately, I also get YT blocking errors mostly when using a VPN (Proton). A side note, for some reason I can’t paste links into the search bar, this kind of throws my game off when switching from Freetube or other YT links.

    • Scolding7300@lemmy.world
      2·
      12 days ago

      Still get blocked if on a VPN, have to switch servers, often countries. I usually give up and have it download it (by adding to a playlist that I set to download for auto retries). Then watch it when it’s available offline

  • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
    8·
    12 days ago

    even if you find a method… whats your exit strategy? its inevitable that you will be unable to use it in the near future without an account, just like facebook.

  • Karcinogen@discuss.tchncs.de
    6·
    12 days ago

    I’m not 100% certain if it’s fully private, but I’ve been using a VPN and LibreWolf + uBlock Origin. I watch what I want to and reset my browsing session when I’m done.

    • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netEnglish
      2·
      12 days ago

      From what I’ve gathered recently, the Mullvad browser left unmodified and combined with a VPN is one of the most private browsers you can use, short of using Tor.

      • refalo@programming.dev
        1·
        12 days ago

        So far JShelter has been the best single solution I have found, it even prevents creepjs from working at all. Nothing is going to stop casual users from getting TLS fingerprinted though.

  • Libb@jlai.lu
    6·
    12 days ago

    Shouldn’t you be able to access YT without a Google account? So uBO correctly configured (at least on Firefox) should do a lot already. Maybe sharing with us what specific issues you’re facing or what you want to be able to do may help you getting more specific solutions?

    • deadcream@sopuli.xyz
      16·
      12 days ago

      They are currently A/B testing blocking access to videos without an account. That’s why some people are getting errors. It’s likely that it will be rolled out to everyone in the future.

      • Libb@jlai.luEnglish
        11·
        12 days ago

        Oh, thx for the clarification. That certainly would not help.

        It looks to me like Google has that idea they own their viewership and can treat them like trash if they fancy doing so. The not too distant future will tell us if they were right or not.

        What I can say is that they don’t own me. I was a Premium subscriber fir years (I can afford it and I want to support creators) but I cancelled the day they became serious against ad-blockers. For me, it was not about them forcing people to pay a sub. It never was. It was about destroying the free Web and making it a privately-owned something a few corporations would then be able to do what the fuck they wanted with. I certainly did not want to give them a cent more of my money to achieve that.

        • deadcream@sopuli.xyz
          10·
          12 days ago

          Well, login gating worked for Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (it’s not dead yet despite some people’s claims). We here are tiny minority of social media users.

          • Libb@jlai.luEnglish
            5·
            12 days ago

            Yep, you’re right. I tend to forget that… way too often. [Sad face]

  • ashaman2007@lemm.ee
    5·
    12 days ago

    Invidious still works very well, however it is an ongoing battle with YouTube. They ban an instance and the instance’s ban evasion routine tries again, or in the case of IP range bans migrates to another provider and the game goes on. Despite this, it is the only way I know of to access YouTube relatively pain free using a public VPN provider. By now YouTube has blocked a lot of public VPN IPs. To me, this advantage makes it worth it.

    The best way to keep up with which instances are currently functional is via the Invidious Matrix room, https://matrix.to/#/#invidious:matrix.org. You can also check the instances list https://instances.invidious.io/ but it may get out of date sometimes.

    Finally, I’ve found the best way to use Invidious is via FreeTube (Linux) or Clipious (Android).

  • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
    3·
    12 days ago

    Freetube + socks5 mullvad : works 100% of the time

    Newpipe on mullvad, sometimes I have to cycle VPN endpoints if the bot detection gets triggered.

  • EngineerGaming@feddit.nl
    3·
    12 days ago

    Using Freetube via a personal VPS - never had a problem, maybe because the provider is smaller. Newpipe, however, did have trouble - page had to be reloaded several times before the video showed up. Now trying Pipepipe instead and not seen it repeat yet.

  • reksas@sopuli.xyz
    2·
    10 days ago

    If you have “throwaway” phone, you could use that too. Make fake accounts and let them gather all they want from those, just keep in mind to maintain the separation.

    Personally I have always had multiple accounts and names on internet so even having google account feels like they get only part of me. Though even then its like chain on my neck, as I have to dread them banning me for some crazy or not crazy reason. You are correct in not wanting to have one.