Normally, it wouldn’t matter too much if JS is enabled or not, but I am aware some people do want to use Invidious without JS, since normally it wouldn’t need it.
So, I deployed a new feature, and I am testing how well it works. Currently, the architecture of verifyngo is to introduce some amount of friction to solve a captcha (like with proof-of-work-based Cap) which some bots may not want to consistently do as that bot may have to use multiple addresses, cookie and browser setups which they then have to keep up-to-date with current protections while actively solving a difficult challenge. Which is why instead, a new addition without proof of work, but is still a form of interactive captcha is now here. This would get rid of dependancies outside the verifyngo container and tell scrapers to not keep going, as they still have to do something to get their cookies.
