Youtube sign-in

Lately Youtube doesn't want to let me watch videos in Firefox's Private Browsing mode.  Youtube wants me to sign-in to "protect the community" - sure Youtube, you guys are nothing if not protectors.

  I like to watch videos in Private Browsing window because it won't mess up my feed when I am signed into Youtube in regular browsing.

Here's what I found that works, sort of:

1) find an embedded Youtube video like this one on Soldersmoke:

source: https://soldersmoke.blogspot.com/2025/06/alan-w2aew-measures-minimum-discernible.html 

2) start playing it

3) pause the video

4) right click it (in Firefox) 

5) select Copy video URL at current time

6) paste that URL into a new window and hit return

7) hopefully enjoy the video  OR  search for a different video and watch that

Sometimes some additional wriggling is required, like doing a refresh of the screen.  Sometimes it doesn't work.  When it doesn't I switch the VPN to another IP address and try again.

Or sometimes I just give up, I watch too many videos.  Maybe Youtube is trying to do me a favor ?  :)

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm