Re: Paean to Gnutella, foundation of Limewire

On 2026-05-28, Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
> In comp.misc, Computer Nerd Kev <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 27 May 2026 00:12:38 -0000 (UTC), Eli the Bearded wrote:
>>>> Increasingly I run into things youtube won't show me unless I log
>>>> in, which I refuse to do.
>>> YouTube downloader apps can fetch those, too. They just need
>>> appropriate session cookies to get past the age gate.
>> OK, and how do you get those session cookies if you don't log in?
>
> DING-DING-DING! Kev has correctly identified the problem. I know yt-dlp
> has cookie options, but since it has been about three years since I
> logged into gmail, and longer since I logged into youtube, I'm fresh out
> of coookies to feed it.
>
> Meanwhile, Limewire doesn't ask me to log in.
>
> Elijah
> ------
> has logged into vimeo at least once in the last year and used yt-dlp there

For music Nicotine+ it's unbeatable.