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		Pooge on Feb 24, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Andr... If you drag'n'drop the URI in mpv [1], you can bypass the age restriction. Not convenient, but if you need it it's very useful. [1]: https://mpv.io/

account42 on Feb 25, 2022 [–]

Or use an extension to make this more convenient: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/send-to-mpv-p...

Personally, I much prefer playing all videos in an external mpv window anyway.

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