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YouTube doesn't let me watch without turning off my VPN?

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  • W [email protected]

    I use MullvadVPN and i have never encountered this issue before. Hopefully won't need to either.

    I'll tell you another weird detail I found out today..
    A lot if my coworkers had their uBlock terminated by the chrome browser. I use Ubuntu with chromium because reasons and somehow, my uBlock is still active and working o.o it has not been terminated and I still get rid of those nasty YouTube ads.

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    I use Mullvad but get a "confirm you're not a bot by signing in" message occasionally. All I do is switch servers and clear all history/cookies/etc. It works 95% of the time.

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      I use MullvadVPN and I almost always encounter this issue.

      It probably depends on which server(s) you're using.

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      It does, I've found Albania, Estonia and Nigeria skip the issue at least. If anyone else got server recommendations that work feel free to drop!

      Sometimes the more commonly used servers like UK start working for a few hours/days but that never lasts. The 3 listed are basically bulletproof in my experience though

      And yea, using a frontend will not bypass this. Unless that frontend is an online downloader like Cobalt.tools or amp4.cc. Or Invidious I guess but that... Has its own issues

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        I use windscribe and I never really have issues.

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        But I had little issues with windscribe,
        Proton is better

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        • tuxenthusiast@sopuli.xyzT [email protected]

          YouTube won't let me watch this video with my VPN on.

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          FreeTube my beloved!!

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            They're killing third-party client access, limiting adblockers, blocking VPNs, and forcing sign in more and more. I sincerely hate it but this was inevitable. They have their monopoly, this is just the "abuse that position and enshittify for more data and money" stage. I hope an alternative takes off because I refuse to play by their rules.

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            The day the finally kill adblockers and third party clients I'll stop watching and I started to think I won't miss it at all after barely open it in a week.

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            • tuxenthusiast@sopuli.xyzT [email protected]

              YouTube won't let me watch this video with my VPN on.

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              FreeTube running over Tor is working for me.

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                FreeTube running over Tor is working for me.

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                  The day the finally kill adblockers and third party clients I'll stop watching and I started to think I won't miss it at all after barely open it in a week.

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                  Agreed. I hate the direction this is going towards but I'll just find other avenues.

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                  • tuxenthusiast@sopuli.xyzT [email protected]

                    Grayjay is great but I wish it was fully open source

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                    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.

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                      FreeTube my beloved!!

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                      Does freetube work on Android TVs?

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                      • tuxenthusiast@sopuli.xyzT [email protected]

                        YouTube won't let me watch this video with my VPN on.

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                        Fuck YouTube. I deleted it. I can search for videos individually if I want to.

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                        • Z [email protected]

                          FreeTube running over Tor is working for me.

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                          I keep getting errors on FreeTube on Linux.

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                          • tuxenthusiast@sopuli.xyzT [email protected]

                            YouTube won't let me watch this video with my VPN on.

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                            Likely depends on your VPN. I use Proton and it’s fine.

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                            • tuxenthusiast@sopuli.xyzT [email protected]

                              YouTube won't let me watch this video with my VPN on.

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                              Only criminals use VPNs. Well known fact.

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                              • pfr@lemmy.sdf.orgP [email protected]

                                Does freetube work on Android TVs?

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                                Probably not, but I’d try LibreTube

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                                • fijxu@programming.devF [email protected]

                                  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.

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                                  Alternatively they could decompile it

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                                  • tuxenthusiast@sopuli.xyzT [email protected]

                                    YouTube won't let me watch this video with my VPN on.

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                                    Proton + Ghostery wombo combo should still work for now for ad blocking and VPN.

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                                      Yes. Ive managed to watch 4K 60fps HDR content from YouTube over Tor without hiccups.

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                                        Probably not, but I’d try LibreTube

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                                        I can't see why an android app isn't feasible. I got the last pipe bender working in my tv. But it's not quite as polished as free tube

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                                        • D [email protected]

                                          I spun up my own invidious container and that has made my connection far more consistent.

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                                          Ay any tips?

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