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I run up against it when using yt-dlp too. I found something about "passing" cookies but that sounded risky and out of my depth.

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[–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

I use Newpipe for mobile and Freetube for desktop

[–] Red_Eclipse@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

Whenever I get that I've just been changing the VPN location repeatedly until it cycles onto a server where it doesn't do that anymore.

[–] unperson@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's an IP ban.

Passing cookies isn't 100% safe, Google has banned accounts for downloading hundreds of videos with yt-dlp.

The flags -4 and -6 sometimes help, if your IPv4 is banned but your IPv6 is not or vice versa.

Also try with / without VPN.