Dev1 Galaxy Forum / [SOLVED] Firefox anon YT browsing defunct

Re: [SOLVED] Firefox anon YT browsing defunct

dummy@example.com (MoonDog) — Fri, 01 May 2026 13:56:52 +0000

I notice they go through phases of hardcore blocking VPN and uBlock users. For instance using a UK VPN or some European VPN gets you a captcha, but swapping to more obscure VPN's can bypass it. Also trying to watch certain videos gives you a demand to log in (CIA video from (possibly) VICE a few weeks back is one I've noticed a late).

My suggestion is VPN and use uBlock with all of the blocklists enabled, CanvasBlocker enabled and self destructing cookies. For me it works maybe 99% of the time, but some videos you can forget about it.

Re: [SOLVED] Firefox anon YT browsing defunct

dummy@example.com (fanderal) — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:15:43 +0000

Might be related to the replies in Altoid's thread:
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=7878

Or not.

Re: [SOLVED] Firefox anon YT browsing defunct

dummy@example.com (Dutch_Master) — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:14:58 +0000

Got an answer on the LTT forums: I've downloaded too much, too quickly so YT put my IP address on a blacklist of sorts. It'll resolve itself in a while I s'pose.

[SOLVED] Firefox anon YT browsing defunct

dummy@example.com (Dutch_Master) — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:06:06 +0000

WTF! Just rebooted my Devuan Stable system after 3 weeks uptime. Before I could browse YT effortlessly in an anonymous browser session, but now YT demands I log in! Obviously I'm not going to, otherwise I wouldn't be using an anonymous FF window to visit YT, right?

Any way to fix this, as it worked before with this exact setup.

TIA!