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Google has been blocking many tools/IP ranges that try to synchronize with YouTube (lemmy.world)
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[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That might have been because of your IT team. You can absolutely watch YouTube videos without being signed in. I do it all the time.

[–] Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

YT likely recognized the IP as belonging to a commercial entity and threw up the block, due to bot concerns, over that .

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Possibly yeah