Youtube sign-in workaround broken

Recently I mentioned a work around for viewing Youtube videos in a private browsing window.

https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2025/07/youtube-sign-in.html 

It has stopped working using Soldersmoke blog embedded Youtube videos among others:

It was too complicated a fix anyway - I guess I'll just skip Youtube videos mentioned on Reddit or Twitter.

Apparently this is another VPN related issue.  If I turn off the VPN then Youtube lets me view videos with no problem.  But why even have a VPN if I always have to turn it off ?

The overall Internet seems to get worse every day.

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
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