to download content I run yt-dlp, current version: stable@2026.08.19
I don’t have an account with either google or youtube nor plan I to.
the content I look for doesn’t exist on other platforms.
No, not at the current moment. Hypothetically someone could set up an array of anonymous Youtube accounts to use explicitly for authentication challenges similar to how Aurora handles Google Play Store downloads, but currently that service doesn’t exist for Youtube.
You would need to find an anonymous google account, or create a burner.
Wait that’s how Aurora works? jfc I hate smartphones
Yep. You can even see an active account in Aurora app
You would need to find an anonymous google account, or create a burner.
these were dirt cheap on the darkweb circa 2014 and i hope that they still are
torrent-tube is relevant, you’d still need someone else to download the video and upload the torrent unfortunately.
Wow! I thought about this for a while, didn’t know it already exists, even more so made by Lemmy devs
Try Freetube
https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/issues/5084
Follow this GitHub rabbit hole, long story short it is no longer possible.
