Tell HN: YouTube is punishing logged-out users
YouTube has implemented hair trigger "anti-bot" measures that I suspect strictly limit the number of session cookies issued over a sliding window.
If you browse in Incognito Mode it does not take much casual browsing to exceed this limit.
It accuses you of being a bot and demands you log in to view any content.
A great excuse for a scheme to force everyone to log in and be tracked.