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[Richard D]

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.

[Phoenix61]

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

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

[Easterncedar]

4. And thanks for answering, Phoenix!

[Easterncedar]

2. Thanks for asking, Richard!

[EarlG]

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

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. Very interesting. Thanks, EarlG

[BOSSHOG]

6. Happy to hear others with this situation

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]

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

[SomedayKindaLove]

8. The worst part of this is

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