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[–] nafzib@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The "without being signed in" part of YouTube is now no longer completely true. I tried to watch a video tutorial at work the other day and it wouldn't play because I wasn't signed in and so "they couldn't be sure I wasn't a bot". I'm not signing into any personal stuff on my work computer, or wasting time creating a "work" Google account, so I guess YT can no longer be a place where I can get helpful programming info.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That might have been because of your IT team. You can absolutely watch YouTube videos without being signed in. I do it all the time.

[–] Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

YT likely recognized the IP as belonging to a commercial entity and threw up the block, due to bot concerns, over that .

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago