just gotta get a good vpn that knows how to play the dance.
Which one do you suggest?
i personally use mullvad (for something quick because i love their ethos) and windscribe (paid) for port forwarding
Thanks!
FYI, most Mullvad exit nodes are blocked by big services.
You have to try different ones to find one that works. I have found just a couple that work for, for example, Netflix or Reddit.
Proton and PIA seemed to be easier, I think they have more exits and/or rotate the IP addresses of the exits.
I like Mullvad as a company better so I use them.
They've been able to detect commercial VPNs for a long time. They're just starting to care enough to take some action now.
Me: Leave that to me. I know what I want.
Proxies still have an IP address.
Revanced ftw.
I love that this complaint is posted to Lemmy: a platform that forces me to pause my VPN to make a comment.
That's probably not too hard to detect based on IP. They only do it for some content though. The only content I watch that has this block is official Formula 1 content on YouTube. It's probably something that creators can enable when they want to region lock content or something
Why do people still use YouTube if they hate it so much?
There are literally 0 good alternatives now, my only hope is fairplay (which is now in development)
A lack of alternatives is not an excuse to continue using something you don’t like. I honestly don’t get the culture around all the YouTube hate.
I don’t use shit that I don’t like. I don’t support things that I don’t agree with the practices of. YouTube treats its users and creators like shit. Know what?
They’ll continue to do so as long as people keep using their platform. That’s how it goes. It’s not going to change. And every workaround that is created, will get squashed.
People that are always complaining about it, and then continuing to use it just blows my mind. I’ll never understand it- even when people try and justify it. And that there are no alternatives basically just says that you’re willing to eat whatever shit they serve you, so long as you get your fix.
It’s an addiction at this point. You’re willfully enduring shit you hate so you can have moments of shit you enjoy.
(Not directed at you personally, just those that don’t see what’s going on)
I currently watch YouTube with the Wcosia browser on my phone and have barely gotten any ads since I started using it for this purpose. I dunno why it is like this. I think I have gotten one ad in months and all I had to do was refresh the browser and it went away.
Used to use DuckDuckGo and their video player which also works fine. No ads.
It probably won't last forever. YouTube seems hellbend on becoming AdTube, but for now, this is a fine alternative. I dunno how watching YouTube works with ecosia on the computer, if there are ads there, but on the phone, nothing.
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