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Tell HN: YouTube is punishing logged-out users

YouTube has implemented hair trigger "anti-bot" measures that I suspect strictly limit the number of session cookies issued over a sliding window.

If you browse in Incognito Mode it does not take much casual browsing to exceed this limit.

It accuses you of being a bot and demands you log in to view any content.

A great excuse for a scheme to force everyone to log in and be tracked.

5 points penskymaterial 27 days ago 2 comments

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