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> Not being able to watch YouTube videos when using VPN - without signing in to a Google account, all under the guise of "bot protection."

The problem is that, being an advertising company, views are real money for them and their content creators. The level of fraud in this area is huge. I don't like it either but without it people will just viewbot everything.

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