Computer Help and Support

Richard D

(10,018 posts) Tue Oct 29, 2024, 07:21 PM Oct 2024

"Sign in to confirm you're not a bot This helps protect our community."

I get this error whenever I click on a video on DU. The problem is fairly recent, maybe a few weeks.

Any fixes or workarounds other than "watch on youtube"?

Thanks.

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"Sign in to confirm you're not a bot This helps protect our community." (Original Post) Richard D Oct 2024 OP

If you go to YouTube then back once or twice it Phoenix61 Oct 2024 #1

And thanks for answering, Phoenix! Easterncedar Oct 2024 #4

Thanks for asking, Richard! Easterncedar Oct 2024 #2

I'm afraid there's nothing we can do about this -- it's not a DU problem EarlG Oct 2024 #3

Very interesting. Thanks, EarlG Easterncedar Oct 2024 #5

Happy to hear others with this situation BOSSHOG Oct 2024 #6

I only get that when I'm using a VPN. Nt Mosby Oct 2024 #7

The worst part of this is SomedayKindaLove Oct 2024 #8

Phoenix61

(18,702 posts)

1. If you go to YouTube then back once or twice it

Reply to Richard D (Original post)

Tue Oct 29, 2024, 07:24 PM

Oct 2024

Will work. This seems, as far as I can figure, to have started on a recent YouTube update.

Easterncedar

(5,508 posts)

4. And thanks for answering, Phoenix!

Reply to Phoenix61 (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 29, 2024, 07:32 PM

Oct 2024

Easterncedar

(5,508 posts)

2. Thanks for asking, Richard!

Reply to Richard D (Original post)

Tue Oct 29, 2024, 07:31 PM

Oct 2024

EarlG

(23,326 posts)

3. I'm afraid there's nothing we can do about this -- it's not a DU problem

Reply to Richard D (Original post)

Tue Oct 29, 2024, 07:31 PM

Oct 2024

It is a YouTube problem. Apparently it's been going on for at several months. It's not restricted to DU, but to YouTube embeds anywhere. And it appears to affect people randomly. There seems to be some speculation that YouTube is A/B testing it on people.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ObsidianMD/comments/1fsmi3t/embedded_youtube_keeps_asking_me_to_sign_in/

https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1dds66y/youtube_is_ab_testing_requiring_login_for_video/

Easterncedar

(5,508 posts)

5. Very interesting. Thanks, EarlG

Reply to EarlG (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 29, 2024, 07:33 PM

Oct 2024

BOSSHOG

(44,718 posts)

6. Happy to hear others with this situation

Reply to Richard D (Original post)

Tue Oct 29, 2024, 07:34 PM

Oct 2024

Nothing to do with DU.

I’ve been successful hitting it again, watching a short ad, then the video.

I told my IPAD I wasn’t a Republican, I thought that would prove I wasn’t a Bot.

Mosby

(19,235 posts)

7. I only get that when I'm using a VPN. Nt

Reply to Richard D (Original post)

Tue Oct 29, 2024, 09:42 PM

Oct 2024

SomedayKindaLove

(1,174 posts)

8. The worst part of this is

Reply to Richard D (Original post)

Wed Oct 30, 2024, 02:47 AM

Oct 2024

I haven’t been able to prove I’m not a bot yet.

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