Comment on Youtube can detect VPNs now... the fuck?

unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  But this is even dumber than before, you can’t even login to bypass. What about people living in a country where youtube is blocked. I guess Google just says “fuck 'em”?

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  • brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What about people living in a country where youtube is blocked. I guess Google just says “fuck 'em”?

    Yyep.

    If you’re using a VPN, you’re likely anonymized and not directly making YouTube any money. So they don’t care.

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    • Haystack@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They said logging in doesn’t make it go away. Being logged in means they can already track you, so this is pretty ridiculous of them tbh.

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      • DrDystopia@lemy.lol ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Being logged in means they can track what you watch. Being logged in via a VPN means they can’t track your location.

        Literally valuable information.

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  • SARGE@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I guess Google just says “fuck 'em”?

    Yes, 100%, absokutely correct.

    Google is a company.

    Companies do not care about you. You are not a person, you are a number.

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    • huppakee@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Google is a company multi-billion dollar corporation.

      Companies Multi-billion dollar corporations do not care about you. You are not a person, you are a number.

      (Well ok, there is plenty of small business who also don’t care about you, that’s not my point).

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      • Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Trillion*

        You can count the number of companies this rich on one hand.

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  • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I see. I havent had a Google account for like 8 years, so i didnt notice the difference.

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  • Smokeydope@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    A few days ago I gotta message from google saying they “can’t verify my age” (meaning they want gov ID I’m sure) so I’m forced to use safe search and other stuff too.

    Fuck. That!

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Why is YouTube blocked?

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    • incompetent@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Authoritarianism.

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    • viking@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Free access to “radical” ideas doesn’t bode well with conservative governments.

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  • hcbxzz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Probably part of the age verification bullshit

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