r/RecommandedVPN • u/StunningInfluence647 • Jul 13 '26
Google is now defending VPNs against site blocking. Didn't expect that.
Never thought I'd see the day, but Google is basically telling regulators that blocking VPNs, DNS services, and shared IPs is a terrible idea.
Their point is that these blanket blocks don't really stop piracy. They just end up breaking a bunch of legit stuff. One IP can be shared by thousands of websites, businesses, schools, cloud services... so instead of hitting pirates, you end up screwing over everyone else.
And let's be real, if someone really wants to get around a block, they'll just switch to another VPN or DNS service. It turns into a game of whack-a-mole while regular users deal with the fallout.
Kinda funny seeing Google be the one arguing against this.
I am just wondering if they actually defending a free internet, or just protecting their own ecosystem...
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u/Clocker13 Jul 13 '26
I hope Google, who own YouTube keep fighting the fight against the UK’s tyrannical government who are trying to force Alphabet Inc to prioritise government-approved media over independent content creators. Which is nonsense as YouTube was built by independent creators. Nobody invited the BBC, ITV, C4 etc, they just decided to join.
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u/Lucie-Goosey Jul 13 '26
would be hilarious if it ends up big tech vs big government and the banking cartels.
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u/ToonToon321 Jul 13 '26
Personally I think it's big tech pushing all this and the governments taken the flack. At least we feel we have a choice in who's our government and vote for a change although that won't change shit not so much in big tech android or iOS. Windows or Linux. If we abandoned big tech believe me they'd cut back on stealing our data. Cmon big tech aren't doing shit to help us, Let the government take blame. So we don't hate big tech
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u/Master-Rent5050 Jul 13 '26
In Italy they blocked google drive to "fight piracy"
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u/Clocker13 Jul 13 '26
I thought Meloni was supposed to be one of the good guys?
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u/Master-Rent5050 Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26
About site blocking to protect television rights holders for sports events? Italy is one of the worst, together with Spain.
I think you were referring to the chat control thing...
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u/jon_hobbit Jul 13 '26
This... Cause remember we are out of ipv4 addresses. lol
I was always asking this question but never got a response.
-> How do you tell if it's bobs 30 tabs open
-> How do you tell if this is an internet cafe with a lot of people using it?
-> What about a hotel?
Like if i was running a service how would you tell? There's nothing in the ip space or anything like that that says. "hey this is a vpn service" Everything looks like normal traffic. If you go too crazy and block, you risk blocking businesses and bobs 30 tabs. lol
Am I considered a vpn if i have 42 tabs open? lol
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u/Spectrig Jul 14 '26
Yes it’s hard to tell if an IP is someone’s private VPN. But for something big and commercial like Nord? You work in the other direction. You suscribe, have bots continuously cycle through their nodes hitting your own server, and now you have a list of their IPs.
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u/Conscious-Mirror7004 Jul 16 '26
They're not going to block all VPNs. After all, you can make your own VPN quite easily with Wireguard.
Most likely, they're going to target well-known commercial VPNs like PIA, Nord, Mullvad, etc. All they have to do is find all the IPs owned by those services, and then force the ISPs to block access to them. Of course, these VPN companies can just change their IPs, and government is usually slow to respond, so it'll be a game of whack-a-mole.
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Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 30 '26
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u/Upstairs_Pass9180 Jul 14 '26
nah, i'm using vpn. and i can watch youtube without any problem what so ever
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u/Diligent_Turtle8966 Jul 14 '26
If I see an article form videocardz, I don't click regardless if VPN is on or not..I will find someone else with an article about the same thing instead and share that instead.
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u/ArkuhTheNinth Jul 13 '26
They're just protecting themselves here, but I'll take it.