From b338b39244c54d98690b340df5310885a4e93d82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bashonly <bashonly@protonmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 14:18:15 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Actually improve "sign in" error messages

Authored by: bashonly
---
 yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
index 526302920c..b00c737797 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ from ..utils import (
     parse_iso8601,
     parse_qs,
     qualities,
+    remove_end,
     remove_start,
     smuggle_url,
     str_or_none,
@@ -4461,6 +4462,9 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                     self.raise_geo_restricted(subreason, countries, metadata_available=True)
                 reason += f'. {subreason}'
             if reason:
+                if 'sign in' in reason.lower():
+                    reason = remove_end(reason, ' This helps protect our community. Learn more')
+                    reason = f'{remove_end(reason.strip(), ".")}. {self._youtube_login_hint}'
                 self.raise_no_formats(reason, expected=True)
 
         keywords = get_first(video_details, 'keywords', expected_type=list) or []