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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by TuxEnthusiast@sopuli.xyz to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

YouTube won't let me watch this video with my VPN on. Is this a new thing?

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[-] BlueLineBae@midwest.social 2 points 3 months ago

I've had a different but similar issue. I have a VPN I log into so I can remotely access my work computer. If the VPN is on, YouTube won't show me specific content that I know is usually there. It doesn't tell me I can't watch anything or tell me to turn it off, but some content is just missing 🤷

[-] notfromhere@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Are you on Chrome?

[-] morrowind@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Where does the "learn more" go to?

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[-] Hathaway@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago
[-] TuxEnthusiast@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago

Grayjay is great but I wish it was fully open source

[-] Fijxu@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

I think its better to leave it Closed Source, otherwise, YouTube team will be able to see how it works and how they circumvent their efforts on blocking 3rd party clients.

[-] sudoer777@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Alternatively they could decompile it

[-] Hathaway@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah. Agreed, however in this landscape, I’m not in a hurry to make an enemy of good.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

I understand using VPN to circumvent region blocking. But for Youtube?

Aah, for that situation with some US-providers selling user data?

[-] brezel@piefed.social 2 points 3 months ago

there are no ads if you tunnel through albania.

[-] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 2 points 3 months ago

Some regions do have Youtube blocked tho

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