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585 sats \ 15 comments \ @purpurato 16h privacy

I've noticed these days that youtube has become unusable with a VPN. I used FreeTube at some point but now I see it has the same issue. Either you turn off the VPN or you leave it on and YT asks to sign in.

This is quite annoying and I see there's a trend against VPN usage in many sites including banks off course, airlines, gov sites. I don't want to give up on the VPN but it's becoming increasingly hard and not many people think it's a problem.

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38 sats \ 1 reply \ @aliceandthewonderland 15h

DuckDuckGo search allows you to watch videos through their built-in player.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @purpurato OP 15h

I just tried and it doesn't work, YT asks to login.

1021 sats \ 1 reply \ @holonite 13h

Use Obfuscated Servers (Stealth VPNs) Some VPNs offer "stealth" modes to bypass VPN blocks. Look for features like:

Obfsproxy
Shadowsocks
WireGuard with custom ports

Residential Proxies or VPNs are more expensive, but they use IPs that look like regular home users rather than data centers. Much harder to detect/block.

Self-Host a VPN on a VPS or Cloud Server if you can run your own VPN (e.g., using Outline, Algo, or WireGuard) on a VPS. This gives you a clean IP that isn’t on any blacklist.

Split Tunneling: Route only some apps (like your browser) through the VPN, while YouTube runs outside it. Most decent VPNs support this.

As a last resort. I recommend Tor

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @purpurato OP 8h

The solution is rather convoluted, but I guess the way things are going, this will be the only choice.

Thanks for your answer.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @odium 14h

NewPipe or Tubular on Android work reasonably well.

Occasionally have to switch VPN servers though. so if your VPN provider only has a couple of well known IPs, you're probably screwed anyway

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 15h

I know you may be using a computer but have you tried NewPipe on Android / Graphene?

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @zuspotirko 15h

If you have got a laptop+vpn from work this is easy. Your employer literally pays other people full time to keep it running & you got a pseudonymous identity baked in

121 sats \ 0 replies \ @justin_shocknet 15h

VPN exit nodes get their IP's labeled pretty quickly, get a cheap VPS with its own IP and use it as a proxy.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Roll 16h

Which Vpn are you using ?

70 sats \ 0 replies \ @purpurato OP 16h

Mullvad

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @flat24 10h

I am using "Newpipe" since I began to notice that problem with YouTube. That platform is more sensured every day.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Signal312 11h

Yes, I experimented with VPN months ago, and it was so challenging I gave up.

I still use youtube only via https://yewtu.be/ on my computer.

Granted, it's up down like a yo-yo. But I also just don't want to watch that much youtube...

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @NovaRift 12h

You can use LibreTube

LibreTube is an alternative frontend for YouTube. It uses the Piped API to load data and play videos and thus needs no YT account and no Google Services on your device.

You can also turn off recommendations, etc., by going through the settings.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @NovaRift 12h

This is quite annoying and I see there's a trend against VPN usage in many sites including banks off course, airlines, gov sites. I don't want to give up on the VPN but it's becoming increasingly hard and not many people think it's a problem.

So true! You can't even Google something without a Captacha, and you can't go to sites and have a smooth experience everywhere; it's getting harder and harder with endless loading and bot verification. It's not just one single VPN provider; it's everyone out there. I now use IronFox with uBlock, NoScript, and Mullvad DNS when I need some quick info. Maybe you can try this. I use sites that I trust without a VPN.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @030e0dca83 15h

Turned off recommendations with history and use it on main account with YouTube premium. Never had issues with YouTube conspiracy

We need something decentralized to use it anonymously, with YouTube we won't have this options, it's private company and they do what they want. We either follow their rules or go away