I know they’ve been getting more controlling over time, but blocking an entire browser, really? I’ve been watching YouTube over Firefox for 5+ years now just fine, and now they shut me out arbitrarily? Nah, fuck that.
Edit: It’s something wrong with the new LibreWolf update and my profile. Causes issues in both normal and private browsing, but not a different profile and is solved by switching user agent.
I get those a lot from other sites (weirdly YT Music doesn’t on FF or Zen) like Amazon Music (even when just trying to buy a digital track or album). Weirdly the sites will act normal for a moment or two before removed about my browser not being “updated” or otherwise Chromium-based. We managed to break the internet being coded for IE, but allowed Google to openly make the new IE. Safari seems to work for some of the sites, but that is just because Apple made all the iOS browsers use Webkit with custom skins on one of the top selling phone/tablet options.
as an alternative, I recommend Yewtube (not to be confused with the Invidious instance with the same name):
https://github.com/mps-youtube/yewtube
It’s a TUI application that streams the music to mplayer, VLC or MPV depending on your preference. It can also handle playlists/albums.
I just posted a temporary workaround.
wouoejt recommend librewolf for non privacy usecases like logging into google
Zen browser is great if you’re looking for a non vanilla Firefox option.
