I was trying to airplay a video to my tv, just like I did for hours last night, and YouTube kept demanding that I login to prove I’m not a bot. So I figured I would make a fake login on Proton. That worked fine, but then it wants to text me for verification and obviously I do not want to give them my number, but it’s rejecting every number I try from the temp number sites.

I am in Safari for iPad in a private window, using vinegar.

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    This was an attempt by Goolag to try to stop NewPipe, Invidious and similar apps, and Goolag doesn’t need your number to prove you’re not a bot, they have their own reCAPTCHA for that. Just data collection.

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        Use SmartTube on Android TV and Fire TV. Cast from Brave browser on Apple TV or Roku.

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            Me either, but it is effective at blocking YouTube ads on iOS for free 🤷🏼‍♂️

            There are other paid options, and other side loading options as well. But Brave is easy and it works. I only use it for youtube.com on my iPad, so I’m personally fine with allowance for that.

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              Fair point. I respect your arguments. What are the actual benefits of using Brave in this scenario?

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                It’s pretty capable of blocking a lot of YouTube and Google bullshit. You could just use it for that.

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                It blocks the YT ads. Watch video, cast to TV. Isn’t that what your original question was? I mentioned SmartTube in my 1st reply as it’s the best adblocked YT experience on a TV for sure, but it does require an Android based set top box or TV OS. If you are in an Apple ecosystem, use brave just for casting YT to TV.

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                  Yeah I’m just Apple, and I will not be permitting my TV to ever access the internet on its own. 😕

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              on ios there’s orion browser which is still webkit based but supports firefox extensions like ublock

              unfortunately it’s prolly never going to be foss, the devs said they were working on making it foss 2 years ago and they haven’t done anything

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              Crypto currency built in and not open source.

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    For me this only shows up when using my VPN. I try a few different servers or switch to mobile and it works.

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      I switched it on and off, and changed countries, etc. It was very frustrating. I’m just going to download the ASMR stuff I like, I think. And not deal with these shenanigans.

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    I use the Firefox extension Untrap on my PC, and every time I go on Youtube it says the extension’s slowing the browser down. I use Invidious on an old tablet when I go to bed, and I just have to refresh now and again to get it working, but there are far fewer instances on the list, I’ve noticed.

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    For those who wanna shell out some money:

    textverified.com

    Pricing is likely a little higher than the lowest price they show. Expect a couple bucks or something after making a purchase of like… five bucks or so.

    Apparently Monero is accepted.

    (They have plenty of competitors and some might be cheaper or not require purchasing a balance.)