GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agoLogin to youtube to watch videoslemmy.mlimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoYouTube doesn’t like VPNs. Harder to track you (and sell/monetize your data) if they can’t tell who you are.
minus-squareSkvlp@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI desperately want a viable alternative to come along. There’s a lot of great content on YouTube, but the platform is increasingly being enshitified.
minus-squareCosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoPornhub. They have the technology and many of the features in place.
minus-squareEngineerGaming@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoNow if only you could hide the pornographic stuff to not accidentally see disgusting nudity.
minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 month agoThere’s nothing “disgusting” about nudity. You should shake off those preconceived cultural biases, you’ll be a better person.
minus-squarePeffse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoYoutube does a ton of evil stuff, but this one is more tame. I suspect the VPN was used to bot and got banned, so the sign-in is required to better target where the traffic is allowed to go, instead of blanket banning everybody using the service.
minus-squarekbal@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month ago I suspect the VPN was used to bot There are plenty of sources, including even in this thread, indicating that that this is not the problem. Quit making excuses for them.
YouTube doesn’t like VPNs. Harder to track you (and sell/monetize your data) if they can’t tell who you are.
I desperately want a viable alternative to come along. There’s a lot of great content on YouTube, but the platform is increasingly being enshitified.
Pornhub.
They have the technology and many of the features in place.
Now if only you could hide the pornographic stuff to not accidentally see disgusting nudity.
There’s nothing “disgusting” about nudity. You should shake off those preconceived cultural biases, you’ll be a better person.
Youtube does a ton of evil stuff, but this one is more tame. I suspect the VPN was used to bot and got banned, so the sign-in is required to better target where the traffic is allowed to go, instead of blanket banning everybody using the service.
There are plenty of sources, including even in this thread, indicating that that this is not the problem. Quit making excuses for them.