diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index 9c419c002..3bf483c1c 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -260,16 +260,10 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
         cookies = self._get_cookies('https://www.youtube.com/')
         if cookies.get('__Secure-3PSID'):
             return
-        consent_id = None
-        consent = cookies.get('CONSENT')
-        if consent:
-            if 'YES' in consent.value:
-                return
-            consent_id = self._search_regex(
-                r'PENDING\+(\d+)', consent.value, 'consent', default=None)
-        if not consent_id:
-            consent_id = random.randint(100, 999)
-        self._set_cookie('.youtube.com', 'CONSENT', 'YES+cb.20210328-17-p0.en+FX+%s' % consent_id)
+        socs = cookies.get('SOCS')
+        if socs and not socs.value.startswith('CAA'):  # not consented
+            return
+        self._set_cookie('.youtube.com', 'SOCS', 'CAI', secure=True)  # accept all (required for mixes)
 
     def _real_initialize(self):
         self._initialize_consent()