nerdhd@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agoSo, has age verification really become the new normal?message-squaremessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up184arrow-down1message-squareSo, has age verification really become the new normal?nerdhd@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square76fedilinkfile-text
I’m asking because I just had to verify my age thanks to YouTube requiring me to watch a video that was age restricted.
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·3 days agoYouTube pretty reliably blocks VPNs. The solution is to either not use their service, or accept the fact you can’t view some videos, and move on.
minus-squareCanonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 days agoI’ve never had youtube block my VPN. Is they just something they only do on chrome or have I just been lucky so far?
minus-squarealakey@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoThey don’t block it for logged in users yet, just like reddit, but if you are logged out and have no cookies then they will block the playback for known VPN IPs.
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·3 days agoI suppose it’s possible you’re flying under the radar, if you’re not using a large-ish VPN provider. I’d also be checking for DNS leaks, out of paranoia.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoyoutube doesnt block vpn unless its one of the free crappy ones, reddit however will block vpns though.
minus-squareosanna@lemmy.vglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoThough I’m not going to say who and where my vpn is, I found a server that doesn’t block my vpn. Also, they don’t block Tor
minus-squareLordMayor@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoNot really. At least with Proton, I can just change the exit and it’ll work. That said, I can’t be bothered to do that most of the time. I’m not missing anything by not watching YouTube videos.
minus-squareamniotic druid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 days agoMullvad and also never had an issue with YT
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 days agoWeird. For me it appears like in the last ~wk they’ve dropped the hard block, and are now using captcha. It’s entirely possible I’m getting caught up in some A/B testing, because of my exits of choosing.
YouTube pretty reliably blocks VPNs. The solution is to either not use their service, or accept the fact you can’t view some videos, and move on.
I’ve never had youtube block my VPN. Is they just something they only do on chrome or have I just been lucky so far?
They don’t block it for logged in users yet, just like reddit, but if you are logged out and have no cookies then they will block the playback for known VPN IPs.
I suppose it’s possible you’re flying under the radar, if you’re not using a large-ish VPN provider.
I’d also be checking for DNS leaks, out of paranoia.
youtube doesnt block vpn unless its one of the free crappy ones, reddit however will block vpns though.
Though I’m not going to say who and where my vpn is, I found a server that doesn’t block my vpn. Also, they don’t block Tor
Not really. At least with Proton, I can just change the exit and it’ll work.
That said, I can’t be bothered to do that most of the time. I’m not missing anything by not watching YouTube videos.
Mullvad and also never had an issue with YT
Weird. For me it appears like in the last ~wk they’ve dropped the hard block, and are now using captcha.
It’s entirely possible I’m getting caught up in some A/B testing, because of my exits of choosing.