I guess I'm lucky that this ain't happening for me at least
this post was submitted on 26 Oct 2025
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"This will allow Youtube to locate the best content" π€‘
It's so insulting they add flavour text like this as if to call you a fucking moron to your face
βWe know whatβs best for youβ
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But I don't want the best content.
I want the old YouTube
Listen at this point, we either re-upload our favorite creator's content to other platforms. Convince them to join alternatives or help out *their replacements" on those alternative platforms to grow.
Either way I do not respect content-creators that do not support alternative platforms (& decentralization) on principle
I vote for all of what you said
They always could. What appears to be happening is that channels now have the option to turn on "a switch" so that content wont play if a VPN is detected. Most VPN ip addresses are well known, because they arent a secret. Everyone who uses the VPN goes through it.
If you come across the above message, its because the content creator turned it on. I had it come up with "stick to football". Its the only thing that it comes up with. I just unsubbed and wont watch anymore. Im not turning off my VPN for anyone or anything. Id rather just go with out. I encourage all of you to do the same.
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I mean... detecting (some) VPNs is as trivial as
fetch('https://github.com/NazgulCoder/IPLists/raw/refs/heads/main/output/vpn-ipv4.txt').then( res => res.text() ).then( res => console.log( res.includes( "1.2.3.4" ) ) )
thanks to https://github.com/NazgulCoder/IPLists/
FWIW though I did try, connected via a random VPN from ProtonVPN from Argentina... and it wasn't in that list. So it's not perfect. Also ProtonVPN has apparently today 13K servers according to https://protonvpn.com/vpn-servers
That being said I can imagine that Google, which is literally built on crawling the Web, has all the infrastructure and expertise needed to have such lists and up to date ones.
I'm not justifying blocking VPN here, only trying to clarify that unless you self-host in a rather specific setup (i.e. not relying a popular cloud provider but truly self hosting) it's technically not hard to block VPNs.
Understanding is the first step to fighting draconian policies.
Yeah, detecting the VPN isnβt really difficult at all. VPN providers sometimes try to cycle through IP addresses to make it harder, but thereβs only so much they can do.
This isnβt really noteworthy, especially when you consider how many services require a sign in when youβre on a VPN anyways. Itβs shitty, but not really surprising; They want to be able to tie your traffic to you, not just to a random VPN server. Hell, even without signing in, they probably have your browser fingerprinted. If youβre privacy focused, you probably have a lot of privacy based extensions, in a privacy based browser. And that makes you easy to fingerprint.
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When I see content blocks like that anymore, I just leave the content behind and go elsewhere. Malicious companies will not get my clicks. They can fuck right off.
Good sign though, means they are getting desperate. It is our duty to starve them of traffic.
Sure, but there are also lots of other ways around it. Non-chrome browsers (or Chromium-based browsers) still allow for good extensions that can block YouTube ads.
Firefox + uBlock Origin still works great, even when all the front-ends are broken.
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I'm so damn tired of corporations telling me what I can and can't do.
I encounter VPN blocks everywhere frequently. I usually just reroll my selected server until the block goes away
They always could, they're just more confident these days.
VPN ads seriously need to stop promising that you can get around content restrictions.
People should educate others on how to get content not available in their area for free without the hassle.
If media isn't available in your area, then the company is telling you they don't want your money. There is a $0.00 loss to them if you pirate it.
Unless you calculate it using the Nintendo formula, in which case you owe them $3 million.
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Oh, so what theyβre really saying is that a platform owned by GOOGLE has trouble FINDING the best content?
Everyone knows.
If you find what you're looking for the first time, they can't serve you as many ads.
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Well, they need to make sure the right people are watching the right propaganda.
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It's time to switch to Newpipe or Invidious, YouTube clients focused on privacy, without adverts and without Google's clutches.
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You will definitely get the best content in the countries where YouTube is blocked /s
"In order to enhance your viewing experience, we've sold your data to your government"
The man sighs as he read the text on his computer screen, as loud knocking is heard on his apartment door. He looks through the peephole, there are men with uniforms outside.
[Ending 42/666, The Gulag Ending]
This will allow Youtube to locate ~~the best content~~ and spy on you more easily
FTFY
youtube sucks ever since googol bought it. I cannot believe people still use it.
Google bought YouTube in like 2006. I liked it before they bought it, sure, but I would be hard pressed to say itβs been all downhill after the first year.
Dude, I seem to find more sites that break when using my VPN than those that allow it. The bastards are winning
I'll change servers a couple times, and if it still doesn't work, I'll just move on
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I have a Tridactyl rule to rewrite YouTube URL to youtube-local (repository https://github.com/user234683/youtube-local/ ) e.g. https://www.youtube.com/ becomes http://localhost:9999/https://www.youtube.com but as others have suggested, I do my bet to avoid YouTube entirely, because Google is bad, Big Tech is bad.
Everything detects VPNs. Reddit has an error screen I've never seen before about network activity when I use a VPN and I'm not logged in. YouTube refuses to let me watch embedded videos when I'm on my VPN. Many pages simply refuse to load.
Reddit?! Okay, that's pretty terrible. It's one thing to have region-locked copyright for stuff, but disallowing VPNs for a web forum? While we don't need more evidence that they've turned heel, that's an awful big red flag.
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Tip: Peertube Companion is a good extension for directing you to duplicates of the video you're trying to watch if it can be found elsewhere.
I watched youtube religously 10-15 years ago. Now when I try to enjoy some content, I struggle to find anything of quality that's in my feed. Sometimes I'm scrolling for 10 minutes and give up. Their algorithm for what might interest me was so much better back then.
locate the best content
Hell nah, please dont
I've been getting a "You must sign on to see this content" from YouTube (refusing to play the video if I don't) for ages when I'm behind a VPN, but if I disconnect the VPN and try again I don't get it.
Curiously, sometimes it doesn't happen.
I guess YouTube has a list of IP addresses of VPN exit points and will do that if it detects a connection coming from one of those, but at least for my VPN provider some exit points are not in the list.
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