youtube blocks vpn usage

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i do not use a vpn

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YouTube is increasingly blocking VPN usage, primarily due to licensing agreements for content (especially TV shows/sports), to prevent cheap subscriptions from other countries, and to enforce regional restrictions, leading to error messages like "VPN/proxy detected" or outright content blockage for users trying to access geo-restricted content or circumvent terms.

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HoeBag · 46-50, F

I am sure eventually someone will find a way around it.
Kind of like how YT is trying to stop adblockers, but that doesn't always work.

I do not use nor know much about VPN's but either way I still imagine someone will find ways around it.

There are ways around everything.

markinkansas · 61-69, M

@HoeBag my walk around is two computers ..it is there loss of data that the do not like.. us vs the big corps..

HoeBag · 46-50, F

@markinkansas Youtube is starting to bite really. EVERYone from insignificant, small creators all the way up to the CEO is trying to squeeze in more ads AND wanting to charge for everything.

There is the reality that - "The internet is un-useable without ads blockers" (or maybe VPN).

When YT tries so hard to cram ads down people's throats, I just wonder why? I mean if someone has already shown disinterest...

It would be like if a door to door salesman were carrying around a battering ram to break into houses that didn't answer the door.

JoyfulSilence · 51-55, M

Well, their loss. Some new site will pop up that does not block VPNs and steal market share.

Porn sites started blocking me on Chrome through my normal ISP, because a nearby state has age verification and sometimes sites think I am in that state. Maybe the server is there? And someday my state might have age verification, too!

So I got the Opera browser with its free VPN, and am not blocked anymore. So Google Chrome just lost to Opera.

Of course someday Google will buy all those others and kill them, making us use Chrome.

And now Google will lose when people ditch YouTube.

markinkansas · 61-69, M

@JoyfulSilence just tried it .. blocked for youtube.. well being i have it i might like it better than firefox. .. still learning

JoyfulSilence · 51-55, M

@markinkansas

Oh, on Opera I activated the free VPN so if I tried it I expect You Tube would not work.

But Pornhub works! 😁

Addendum:

I just opened Opera on my phone and then went to YouTube (I assume it was still in Opera rather than the YouTube app on my phone!), and it seems to work. But maybe the block is content dependent.

FreddieUK · 70-79, M

I'm still deciding if it's worth the subscription for this very reason.

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FreddieUK · 70-79, M

@markinkansas Thanks for the tip. Presumably, though, this is the one blocked by YT?

markinkansas · 61-69, M

@FreddieUK youtube does not like this one . and when in use check the ping which is the speed of data going back and forth and how long the site has been set up .. more days better .. this is free so what the heck