YouTube won't let me watch this video with my VPN on. Is this a new thing?
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 🤷
Are you on Chrome?
Just an obligatory Grayjay plug.
Grayjay is great but I wish it was fully open source
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.
Alternatively they could decompile it
Yeah. Agreed, however in this landscape, I’m not in a hurry to make an enemy of good.
Just use one of the FOSS front-ends: https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends?tab=readme-ov-file#youtube
I understand using VPN to circumvent region blocking. But for Youtube?
Aah, for that situation with some US-providers selling user data?
Some regions do have Youtube blocked tho
there are no ads if you tunnel through albania.
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