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Re: [SOLVED] Re: Mozilla Free VPN

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George wrote:
> On 18/05/2026 11:59, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
> 
>> Do you really need VPN? Maybe it's just a toy that cannot be trusted. :)
>> 
> 
> Yes, because most sites in the UK are blocked unless you verify your 
> age. When I go to YouTube, for example, I get something like this:
> 
> <https://mega.nz/file/L9YFDZgA#o3BR6Tga2Wspaq6UpBIEGuuETp-TQ2DPjvYvVta9N9o>.
> 
> Google thinks I'm a bot, but I think they want me to verify my age, as 
> is required these days.

Nope. Google gives a shit on age verification in UK. That screenshot just
says what it says: they "think" you're a bot. Nowadays that's among other
things a default excuse for every problem that occurs in transmission.
Just ignore that. You'll probably never find out what really happens.
But it's definitely not about age verification.

> Maybe it's just me that Google has decided to target, because I spend a 
> lot of time on YouTube, so they know the IP address using lots of bandwidth.

LOL. shit no. Google owns huge data centers and reliable big connections
to net-nodes worldwide. Your consumption on YouTube is just like pissing
in a river for them.
Unless of course if you constantly "own" exactly the same IP every time
and suck off Terabytes of Videos or so.

> Now, I use a VPN to get a link to the video, briefly watch what the 
> video is about on a VPN connection, and then download the video to watch 
> on my PC.

Have you tried to use another DNS-Provider? E.g. one that's not the one
from your internet provider or even based in UK at all?

> 50 GB is too low, but enough to get a download link. I don't use a VPN 
> to watch videos because of the limits.

50GB is too low for permanently watching or downloading big video streams,
agreed. But basically VPNs were never invented for streaming videos at all.
They were invented for *important* web traffic with *important* data,
which should be hidden from public access. Crappy YouTube is the opposite
of "important".

> China is less strict about censorship!

Bullshit. Get a brain, get some knowledge about how the internet works.

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