From 017a2c212f3596f77b7b73144c2cfd8a0fad391d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 21:49:45 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] add cookie workaround --- mkdocs/docs/faq.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mkdocs/docs/faq.md b/mkdocs/docs/faq.md index 01dde10..440ddc1 100644 --- a/mkdocs/docs/faq.md +++ b/mkdocs/docs/faq.md @@ -94,4 +94,5 @@ Heavy users of this project can run into danger of getting blocked / throttled o - Wait and try again, these blocks might get lifted somewhere between a day or a week. - As described above, use a VPN or proxy to change your public IP, rotate every so often. -- In some cases if you are using [your cookie](settings/application.md#cookie), this can be an account level ban and YT will block all requests from that cookie/account. Sometimes refreshing your cookie will work around that, but most likely only temporarily. Only known solution is to remove your cookie. +- In some cases if you are using [your cookie](settings/application.md#cookie), this can be an account level ban and YT will block all requests from that cookie/account. Sometimes refreshing your cookie will work around that, but most likely only temporarily. Only known solution for these cases is to remove your cookie. +- Conversely in some cases, adding your cookie can be a solution if you didn't use your cookie previously, as user authenticated requests are sometimes allowed to pass.