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[Bug] Forced to sign in to watch any video #959

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Describe the bug
Attempting to view any video results in a message of needing to sign into youtube to view said content.
Frequency
About every video.
Steps to reproduce the bug

  • Be on the latest version (4.2.4)
  • Try and watch any video from your feed
    Device (e.g. Pixel 9 Pro)
    Galaxy S10
    Error report

Exception

  • User Action: requested stream
  • Request: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMlCkgzwa6s
  • Content Country: US
  • Content Language: en
  • App Language: en_US
  • Service: YouTube (Anonymous)
  • Version: 4.2.4
  • OS: Linux Android 12 - 31
Crash log

org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.NotLoginException: Sign in to confirm that you're not a bot
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.checkPlayabilityStatus(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:1027)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.YoutubeParsingHelper$1.onSuccess(YoutubeParsingHelper.java:1535)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.DownloaderImpl$1.onResponse(DownloaderImpl.java:370)
	at okhttp3.internal.connection.RealCall$AsyncCall.run(RealCall.kt:519)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1167)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:641)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:920)


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