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[–] 141 points 1 year ago (12 children)

This isnt new. Its been happening for years. There is a post about this on lemmy every few weeks. It just doesnt happen consistently, so people always think that they "discovered" this for the first time.

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  • [–] [S] 74 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    But this is even dumber than before, you can't even login to bypass. What about people living in a country where youtube is blocked. I guess Google just says "fuck 'em"?

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  • [–] 84 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    What about people living in a country where youtube is blocked. I guess Google just says “fuck 'em”?

    Yyep.

    If you're using a VPN, you're likely anonymized and not directly making YouTube any money. Those are leeches, as far as a Google accountant is concerned.

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