YouTube won't let me watch this video with my VPN on. Is this a new thing?
What VPN? Haven't seen that yet with Proton
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I get the "sign in to confirm you're not a bot" message on Proton
Mullvad. It seems like changing the server fixed it.
I did get that when I was using Proton, but its much less common on Proton
Ooh, of all the possibilities I didn't have that one on my bingo sheet. I guess we'll be Torrenting YouTubers sooner than later.
swap proxies I have this problem from time to time with mullvad.
Freetube plus socksv5 proxies on mullvad work the best for me.
Try different locations.
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
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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?
Where does the "learn more" go to?
Straight to Google Re-Education virtual classroom