YouTube won't let me watch this video with my VPN on. Is this a new thing?
this post was submitted on 06 Mar 2025
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I watch YouTube all the time over Mullvad. It doesn't let me watch on the website without signing in tho.
If your going to sign in you might aswell turn off the vpn
Yeah, that's why I don't sign in. 😂 I mostly just use Freetube.
it's an absolute pain in the ass with mullvad. only a few servers like ireland, greece and nigeria work.
Huh, I'll keep that in mind. Usually I just say fuck YouTube and go about my business. 😂
I got a sign in prompt over my proton vpn the other day. Refreshed and it was gone
Huh, I literally can't use YouTube because it always wants me to sign in.
I kind of suspect that proton pays a premium to get their IPs whitelisted
I think its because they have like 11000 servers, much more than Mullvad or IVPN.
This also checks out
Proton VPN has much more servers... and you are much less likely to get flagged... but there is the CEO controversy... so... 🤷♂️
Pick your poison... 👀
I use Proton for email. Don't love the CEOs opinions, so not really interesting in expanding their services. Sticking with the email for now, but we'll see what the future holds.
I got that same prompt in my house ip now, can't use youtube on my TV or anything, I guess it detected my plex server downloading videos since I usually watch from there
Lmao, sounds about right. YouTube is cancer, but unfortunately they have a monopoly.