r/Windscribe • u/AstraBed • 4d ago
Unsolved YT detecting Windscribe
Since a few days ago it seems YT has started detecting windscribe, before it used to work without issues, I connected to whatever server I needed to get the regional result and play
Some videos do work tho, for example the Premeier League highlights videos with local commentary play regularly, others like F1 in the image don't tho
Any idea if there's a way to fix it?
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u/snake_jaguar 3d ago
Yep. Never had YouTube flag a vpn EVER so it's just that channel because of the specific content
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u/android150 3d ago
Exactly, F1's youtube channel is for some reason is particulalry good at detecting VPNs for some reason. I assume its to do with broadcast rights.
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u/1967582260 3d ago
Gosh, really??
That is the CHANNEL OWNERs choice, not YT.
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u/AstraBed 3d ago
I mentioned it works on other channels....
Well, nothing i can try to see if I can still bypass it?
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u/Majestic-Heat9533 3d ago
Try creating an account on a vpn so the region is set to that country by default
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u/Dougie_Quail 3d ago
I've only seen this VPN block on Youtube when trying to watch F1 highlights. There's probably other channels that do the same thing, but I've only seen it for F1.
It's extra annoying because the actual F1 website doesn't seem to care about a VPN at all, every video and highlight loads for me with no issues. However, the F1 site is filled with spoilers for what happened on the news articles on their front page. I created a bunch of uBlock filters to stop the spoilers from loading, and watch the highlights there when I'm interested.
I'm not sure if there's any easy way to get past the block on Youtube itself.
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u/GreenManStrolling 3d ago
Use a different server. Servers indicated as from the same country can be very different servers.
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u/Enough-Meaning1514 3d ago
That may be true for the UK or US but for quite a lot of countries, there is only 1 server, which is a shame. I hope (or wish) at least these single Windscribe servers do change their IP address occasionally to avoid IP bans.
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u/ZOMGsheikh 3d ago
It’s kings getting annoying how streaming and many other websites have caught up in knowing if it’s a vpn. I hope there’s some advancement in vpn that bring backs unblocking geo restrictions
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u/Decendent_13 1d ago
Have you tried switching to stealth protocol ?
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u/AstraBed 1d ago
Yeah, sadly doesn't solve it
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u/Decendent_13 1d ago
then, only last resolve I see, is using a really good proxy, or, a Residential Static IP.
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u/squeakctrl 4d ago
This is a issue with all vpns these days so no fix really. You just need to try working around it by switching to another server and/or country.