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

COASTER1921@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

My ISP has started throttling YouTube to ~2mbps when viewed from desktop. Using a VPN gets around this and lets me watch in HD. Luckily I’ve not encountered this error yet, but if I do I guess it’s no more YouTube for me, 480p is just way too blurry to put up with.

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DupaCycki@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Why would your ISP do that?

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- COASTER1921@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  They’re 5g based, so I suspect it’s within the terms of service somewhere that they can limit the streaming quality? Historically I’d only ever noticed deprioritization, never a hard bandwidth limit.
  
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  - Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Rip net neutrality
    
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- herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  to save bandwidth
  
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butterycroissant@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I wonder if there’s any workaround besides VPNs like changing DNS or something?

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- YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Phone->revanced
  
  Smart tv->smart tube next
  
  I don’t ever watch YouTube on my laptop but I’m sure there are utilities available.
  
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  - herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I prefer NewPipe to Revanced.
    
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    YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    So long as you’re denying Alphabet the ad revenue, then you are doing the right and just thing.
    
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  - Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Revanced is only in android right?
    
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    YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I think so. Only apple product I ever had was an iPod, so I’m extremely unfamiliar with their ecosystem.
    
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- COASTER1921@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I use 1.1.1.1 so I don’t think it’s easily ignored by changing DNS. But interestingly while using Revanced and NewPipe on my phone I don’t have any of the same problems. Maybe my computer is ignoring my router’s DNS? Maybe mobile YouTube is delivered from a different server? I wish I new but ultimately using a VPN still works for me and is a very low effort fix.
  
  What I don’t get is why it’s only YouTube they choose to throttle. I’ve never noticed any issues on other streaming websites and fast.com which literally uses Netflix servers is also full speed.
  
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