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Youtube can detect VPNs now... the fuck? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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[–] 43 points 10 months ago (1 child)

As someone who uses multiple VPNs daily I have a suggestion. Try to locate a different server and connect to it. See if there’s a drop down menu in your VPN app. Sometimes a particular IP on one of those servers flags websites’ fraud detection. Sometimes I can switch servers on my VPN and refresh the page and it loads just fine.

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  • [–] 20 points 10 months ago

    Excellent advice. It’s a game of cat and mouse (or whack-a-mole, whatever metaphor works…).

    Sites that want your data for whatever reason hate VPNs, so they identify exit points and blacklist traffic from them. VPN providers know this so they spin up new exit points with different IP.

    Just try a different server. Sometimes it’s a regional ’rights’ issue, so pick another server that is in the same jurisdiction, for instance in the case of streaming.

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