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# YouTube Bot Detection Analysis
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## Current Situation
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YouTube has significantly strengthened bot detection in 2024-2025:
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- All anonymous methods are being blocked
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- Status code 410 indicates content unavailable/blocked
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- Even different libraries (play-dl, ytdl-core, yt-dlp) are detected
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## Possible Solutions
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### Option 1: Use proxy/VPN rotation
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- Rotate IP addresses
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- Use residential proxies
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- Complex but may work temporarily
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### Option 2: Alternative video sources
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- Switch to other video platforms
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- Use YouTube alternatives
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- Different API endpoints
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### Option 3: Web scraping approach
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- Use headless browser (Puppeteer)
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- Simulate real user behavior
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- More complex but harder to detect
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### Option 4: Accept limitation
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- Show error message to users
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- Suggest users download manually
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- Focus on other features
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## Recommendation for Telegram MiniApp
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For a Telegram MiniApp, the most viable approaches are:
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1. Alternative video sources (SoundCloud, etc.)
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2. Graceful error handling with user instructions
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3. Consider pivot to different content source |