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wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

YouTube pretty reliably blocks VPNs. The solution is to either not use their service, or accept the fact you can’t view some videos, and move on.

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Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I’ve never had youtube block my VPN. Is they just something they only do on chrome or have I just been lucky so far?

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- wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I suppose it’s possible you’re flying under the radar, if you’re not using a large-ish VPN provider.
  
  I’d also be checking for DNS leaks, out of paranoia.
  
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LordMayor@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Not really. At least with Proton, I can just change the exit and it’ll work.

That said, I can’t be bothered to do that most of the time. I’m not missing anything by not watching YouTube videos.

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- PP_BOY_@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Mullvad and also never had an issue with YT
  
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- wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Weird. For me it appears like in the last ~wk they’ve dropped the hard block, and are now using captcha. Image It’s entirely possible I’m getting caught up in some A/B testing, because of my exits of choosing.
  
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