Signing in???

@Gibbon I'm using Firefox, and it won't open in it.

@PhoenixPhail wow that's new. What's the link I'm curious.

@Gibbon ANY link. It always gives me the same message: "Sign in to confirm you’re not a bot?" But it doesn't give me a place to sign in. I can sign in only in YouTube.

@PhoenixPhail I think I know what's happening. If this is wrong I'm lost. I'm always logged in to YouTube and Gmail. I just went to YouTube and logged out. I found a post with a video expecting it to ask me to login but no it played.
I went back to YouTube and I was logged in again.
Everything around Google apps and webpages is the same password. Mine is my Gmail password. Go to YouTube either with the app, which I don't use, or the webpage and make sure your logged in.

@Gibbon Thanks for the suggestion. I'll give it a try.

@Gibbon I went to YouTube, and found out I'm already signed in. So, IDK. 🤷‍♂

@PhoenixPhail A weird mystery to solve. Have you tried a different browser. There might be hidden settings affecting it. I have found both duckduckgo and Firefox to work differently on a phone and pc. I also learned duckduckgo on an iPhone doesn't have all the features it does on an android.

@Gibbon Yes, it works the same way in a different browser on my computer. However, I can open YouTube videos on my phone. I thought it might have something to do with my VPN. But when I exit it, I still get the same results. It's weird.

@PhoenixPhail Hmm I wonder if there's a system setting that isn't allowing media to auto play.

@Gibbon I don't know. I just changed my default browser to Brave, and still get the same results. It could be an anto-play setting. I wish I were more savvy at this. I'll get it figured out one of these days. Or not. lol

@PhoenixPhail just curious cause I'm not clear on what you said is this happening on your computer not your phone right?

@Gibbon Right

@PhoenixPhail if it's Windows 10 or 11 I just found this. Didn't read much but maybe it will help. It definitely covers you exact issue

https://softwaretested.com/windows/how-to-fix-youtube-videos-not-playing-on-all-browsers/

@Gibbon Thanks. I'll give it a try.

@Gibbon Nope. Same results. Ex:


Oh, well... 🤷‍♂

@PhoenixPhail I have never seen that message even going to YouTube with an old laptop I put Linux and didn't log. I never use the laptop because setting up Linux for printers and 2nd monitors is a pain in the a$$. Those that have it figured out, any version are welcome to it.

@Gibbon I see that message all the time on YouTube.
I wonder what makes it think I might be a bot.

There are lots of YouTube videos I won't watch just because I don't want to go through the trouble of signing in.

@PhoenixPhail I don't get it. Once I've signed in on a device I'm in always unless I remove the device. Unfortunately google has made navigating YouTube settings on a phone a real pain now. They don't want you to log off or remove a device.

@Gibbon It's all part of their needing to be in control of everything. Google has to know everything about everyone. And, at this point, I think they pretty much do. Google knows more about us than WE do. There's no privacy.

@PhoenixPhail There hasn't been for a long time. Microsoft is doing the same with their operating systems now. Forced updates, hardly no 3rd party hardware drivers. No more bypassing logging in on your own machine. They want total control and the forcing of buying new hardware if you want to stay updated and minimize your risk.