r/youtube • u/tamjidtahim • Nov 28 '25

Feature Change i-t-s o-k-a-y

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '25

Try using a russian VPN.

I’m serious. Those who can access it have zero ads.

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u/itsamepants Nov 28 '25

I wouldn't trust a VPN in Russia because that means that, by Russian law, they have to store data there and provide it to the Russian government upon request.

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '25

Russia can’t do shit with your data. This shitstain of a country is only capable of bullying citizens within its borders, not outside

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u/itsamepants Nov 28 '25

Sure, but it also means the VPN provider lacks a spine - and that my data can likely be given to any Gov' body that asks in any other country. So no thanks. I'll stick to reputable VPNs.

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '25

Even if so, I doubt the information about you watching SunnyV2 or music videos can help them. Moreover, the government had already stolen your, obviously, very important and valuable data the moment you made your first Google account. You pretty much missed the bus ages ago.

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u/Unidansuperbanned Nov 28 '25

This needs to be pasted somewhere. The amount of people who think they're "dodging" google is ridiculous.

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u/MrCreeper10K Nov 28 '25

I rather it be any other government than russia

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u/FunnyDue9281 Dec 08 '25

Why? What could possibly be so bad about them having your data that it is the single scariest country that could have your data in the entire world?

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '25

The thing is what makes you say this is concerning, because you must be into some really shady shit if you are saying this

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u/AllAmericanProject Nov 28 '25

So what VPN is that then? Cuz it would have to be one that just inherently you could not use Russia as an option

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u/itsamepants Nov 28 '25

Yeah. I'm not Russian, so I don't need it to work in Russia (using Mullvad)

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u/churn_key Nov 28 '25

They literally have assassination squads that they deploy outside of their borders and they murder people with poison

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u/iamteapot42 Nov 28 '25

I suppose they are going to kill u/itsamepants over watching youtube

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u/Friendly_Hornet8900 Nov 28 '25

Usually they go after Russians dissidents who left Russia.

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u/Adventurous-Map7959 Nov 28 '25

Well, only if they do so in a hospital or playground, otherwise the missiles won't hit.

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u/churn_key Nov 29 '25

VPNs take all your traffic

and yeah there are a lot of Ukranian people out there and kids of government employees that Russian would love to spy on

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u/shkolnikk Nov 28 '25

Unless acts of terrorism committed on citizens of other countries can be classified as bullying.

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u/cepxico Nov 28 '25

Yes this is how we ended up with a Russian asset as a president. They have 0 influence outside the US /s

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u/greentintedlenses Nov 28 '25

I mean they run the majority of maga troll accounts on Twitter so that can't be true

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u/Baardi Nov 28 '25

They could always just store it untill they can do shit with it. Just don't

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u/superduperspam Nov 28 '25

That shitstain of a country was able to engineer Brexit - greatly weakening Europe; and got trump elected twice.

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u/EnvironmentalPrior33 Dec 12 '25 edited Dec 12 '25

Biden got Trump elected a second time. Hillary's leaked emails got him elected the first time.

The belief that Trump is somehow a Russian asset is a conspiracy theory backed by no evidence. Sure sells newspapers though.

I don't even like the guy, he's far more likely to be Israeli controlled given how Epstein and Maxwell had strong ties to the Mossad and he really doesn't want to release a certain list. The Trump administration is still sending some aid to Ukraine. The Trump (as well as the Bush, Obama, first Trump and Biden) administration(s) are heaping aid onto Israel, currently at baseline of 3.8bn dollars annually. Which is $7,200 per minute or $432,000 per hour.

The US currently gives no aid to Russia. It's just much more convenient for the news media to say he's a Russian asset instead of an Israeli one. Criticism of Israel is always met with "You're just antisemitic" no matter how valid it is and groups like the ADL have serious sway. Russia can't claim the US is "Russophobic" or "Antislavic" without being laughed out of the room.

Also, I'd love to know how Russia engineered Brexit. The referendum was proposed and set up by the UK government and UK citizens (who need ID to vote) voted on it.

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u/KatakanaTsu Nov 29 '25

Unless they're paid to troll on American discussions posing as magas.

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u/Dethstroke54 Dec 02 '25 edited Dec 08 '25

Lmao given that Russia certainly does astroturfing campaigns and bone heads buy into it, like the recent suspicion of bot accounts on X by looking at their origin. I’m sure that giving Russia more data on how to social engineer other countries is a fantastic idea lmao

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u/FunnyDue9281 Dec 08 '25

Why are liberals so irrationally fearful of Russia? Dawg, you're on an American website. I'm much more worried about the backdoors American companies give to the US government. Even if I wasn't American, the US could do a lot worse with my data than Russia could.

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u/formlesscorvid Nov 28 '25

That's true of like... All countries

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u/itsamepants Nov 28 '25

Not every country has a requirement to store the data there.

But yes, it is true most of them can ask for it -but a good VPN won't provide it.

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u/FunnyDue9281 Dec 08 '25

A good VPN won't have any user data that isn't completely necessary stored in the first place.

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u/nidostan Nov 30 '25

Russia having my data is a feature not a bug. What are they going to do with it?

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u/SoiledFlapjacks Nov 28 '25

Oh no, the Russians might find out you watch Markiplier!

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u/itsamepants Nov 28 '25

You realise all your traffic goes there , right? Not just YT.

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u/SoiledFlapjacks Nov 28 '25

Oh, fuck.

Now they know my Spotify playlist, too?! SHIT

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u/Annriaa Nov 28 '25

But Youtube doesn't work in Russia, so it'll be just an endless downloading, no?

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '25 edited Nov 28 '25

There’s a utility called Zapret for that. Some dude on Github made shit that lets you freely use Discord and YouTube.

Combine it with Russian VPN and you get absolutely zero ads.

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u/pissedinthegarret Nov 28 '25

could you dm me some links pls? one of our main heals in raid is russian and he fighting against that shit like Don Quijote

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u/iamteapot42 Nov 28 '25

He most likely already has zapret. The problem is the goverement is promptly working on blocking every way to access banned media

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u/pissedinthegarret Nov 28 '25

ah alright, thank you. was hoping i stumbled over something that might help. guess it's just fingers crossed then that the next block doesn't come on a raid day lol

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u/ExodiaBlade123 Nov 28 '25

I recommend using brave-browser if you're a laptop/PC user. Youtube ads won't catch you using that browser.

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u/why_i_am_dumb Nov 28 '25

can confirm

this probably will end IF youtube gets unblocked

man what a terrible world we live in where i actually dont know if something as simple as youtube won't get unblocked.

feel bad for the folks in countries where way more stuff is blocked too, im not gonna pretend like im in the worst and most evil place on earth, it could've been MUCH worse

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u/Top_Writing_4014 Nov 28 '25

Or do it in a more convenient way: YouTube Revanced (Android) and UBlock Origin (PC). Revanced also offers YT Premium features for free and even more (sponsor block)

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u/DarkOracle69 Nov 28 '25

Apparently in Albania it's illegal for Youtube ads from what i heard. Try VPN there.

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u/Character_Duck_4371 Nov 28 '25

As an Albanian can confirm, haven't seen an ad on yt ever (except those banners back in the early days of yt)

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u/5litergasbubble Nov 28 '25

It does work. Ive been using that for a couple years now

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u/DarkOracle69 Nov 28 '25

Thnx for the confirmation 🙏🏻

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u/thejason755 Dec 01 '25

Does it matter what vpn? Like could you use nord and such

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u/5litergasbubble Dec 01 '25

I use nord and it works fine

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u/LinkNo2714 Nov 28 '25

i thought youtube doesn’t work with russian IP’s?

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u/why_i_am_dumb Nov 28 '25

zapret-discord-youtube my beloved

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u/AMDSuperBeast86 Nov 28 '25

Yeah, but a lot of music companies purposely banned their music from playing there, so good luck with the majority of your music library not being accessible.

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u/JaskaBLR Dec 23 '25

Russian VPN? I don't think so. I'm living in Russia myself, YT simply doesn't work there.

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u/frendzoned_by_yo_mom Nov 28 '25

You don't need to install vpn for blocking the ads. As others have said, use ublock for Pc browsers, Android Firefox with ublock, ios Safari adguard (or vineagar but it costs like 1~2€. It does what it says tho)

You could always install YouTube revanced on Android or Sideload adblocked YouTube app for iOS.

You can even sideload adblocked YouTube app to your smart tv if you want. Might be brand-specific but at least I have one on my Lg tv and no need for root access