Forced sign-up when watching at Desktop

Starting this week, I cannot view videos when using a pc because YT forces to sign up first before proceeding. (I don't have an account yet) Watching in the app is fine, I just find the ads at the beginning as intrusive. I find this annoying since I usually use the site to stream via Chromecast.

Is this another enshittification whatsoever, or am I missing something?