Youtube Embedded player acting weird for anyone else? (midwest.social)

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So Freetube got hit with 403 errors again. I tried to open a video in the embedded player and I keep getting hit with them demanding I log into to prove I am not a bot. Is anyone else getting hit with this?

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

YouTube generally does that when I'm viewing embedded videos on a VPN. Works fine if you're logged in and viewing videos on YouTube itself.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

This has been happening all weekend, I use a vpn and often change servers to get something to play. But refreshing with patience and at times shutting down freetube then restarting has helped. It has been a huge pain lately for sure.

this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2025

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