• Soggytoast
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    1 year ago

    Lately (few months) YouTube will not load whatsoever on my android phone nor tablet very often, activating a VPN fixes it instantly. Using basic YouTube app

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      1 year ago

      Likely just a network-related issue

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        1 year ago

        Using a VPN on a shitty network won’t magically make your network connection better.

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          1 year ago

          It is possible. Maybe the peering from his ISP to YouTube is shit/ overloaded. That was an issue for Deutsche Telekom for a few years because Telekom didn’t want to pay for better peering. With a VPN it is possible to get good peering to your ISP and YouTube and in return faster load speeds.

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          1 year ago

          No but it can definitely work around issues like a congested link between isp and Google, resolving network-related YouTube performance issues.

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          1 year ago

          No, but it does affect what route your traffic goes through.