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minus-square@Rolando@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish174•11 months ago some people still recommend using a VPN and IP address from a country where YouTube ads are prohibited, such as Myanmar, Albania, or Uzbekistan. Wait, you can just prohibit YouTube ads at a national level? That’s somehow awesome and terrifying at the same time.
minus-square@TrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish37•11 months agoWhat would be terrifying about it?
minus-square@deranger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish52•11 months agoYeah, I don’t see what’s terrifying. Countries can make laws, if YouTube wants to operate in that market it has to follow the laws there.
minus-square@TrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish12•11 months agoA government that hates ads as much as I do. Truly a nightmare scenario
minus-square@NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish34•11 months ago That’s somehow awesome and terrifying at the same time. The people of this country would find it just the normal thing.
minus-square@Confused_Emus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish10•edit-211 months agoAre these countries even safe to host a VPN server in? Edit: Just checked my VPN (Proton) and it has options to connect to Myanmar and Albania. Nifty.
minus-squareVeticialinkfedilinkEnglish6•11 months agoGood to know. I’d rather pay for a vpn than YouTube premium.
minus-square@Technoguyfication@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish5•11 months agoI’m wondering how the hell YouTube even makes money in those regions then. They must operate there at a massive loss.
minus-square@AeroLemming@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish3•11 months agoMyanmar’s average internet speed looks to be around 10-20mbps, so they probably stream with lower quality. Their GDP per capita is ~$1,150, so ads being shown to people in Myanmar wouldn’t be worth much anyway.
Wait, you can just prohibit YouTube ads at a national level? That’s somehow awesome and terrifying at the same time.
What would be terrifying about it?
Yeah, I don’t see what’s terrifying. Countries can make laws, if YouTube wants to operate in that market it has to follow the laws there.
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A government that hates ads as much as I do. Truly a nightmare scenario
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The people of this country would find it just the normal thing.
Are these countries even safe to host a VPN server in?
Edit: Just checked my VPN (Proton) and it has options to connect to Myanmar and Albania. Nifty.
Good to know. I’d rather pay for a vpn than YouTube premium.
I’m wondering how the hell YouTube even makes money in those regions then. They must operate there at a massive loss.
Myanmar’s average internet speed looks to be around 10-20mbps, so they probably stream with lower quality. Their GDP per capita is ~$1,150, so ads being shown to people in Myanmar wouldn’t be worth much anyway.