Will subscribing to YouTube premium fix 403 issues? (no)

ytdl-org / youtube-dl

Command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other video sites

http://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/

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Closed wolfch closed 3 months ago

wolfch commented 3 months ago

[x ] I'm asking a question
[x ] I've looked through the README and FAQ for similar questions
[ ] I've searched the bugtracker for similar questions including closed ones ^bugtracker blocked by Hamburg Court - I didn't know their jurisdiction was world-wide.

I'm wondering if subscribing to YouTube premium might help avoiding ad-blocker related issues?

bashonly commented 3 months ago

dirkf commented 3 months ago

Indeed, yt-dlp users say things are worse if you authenticate with cookies.