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Good to know. I was using FreeTube on a Linux machine I have set up to do most of my Youtube watching, but I had to disable VPN. I got tired of trying different countries and just turned off VPN. I'll try Swedish servers...
I find it goes in waves per VPN exit node and doesn't permanently relate to any specific geography... exit node works for youtube, people figure out that exit node works for youtube, youtube notices the traffic and flags that IP so youtube doesn't work for X months so people stop using it and eventually it works again and the cycle starts anew.
Yeah but in the past few months ive consistently found Swedish Mullvad servers to work (occasionally blocked but if you refresh the page it's unblocked) whereas the Swiss servers, which I used to use, have been fully blocked for quite a while. I'm sure it'll change in due time but for now that's what's been working. And I have found this for all the Swedish servers I've tried and all the Swiss servers I've tried. Only tried Mullvad servers as that's the VPN I use.
I would wager a month or two from now Swedish Mullvad gets 403's for all videos or similar unless they're using some magic formula for bypassing IP bans. I wouldn't put it past Mullvad to do something experimental and brilliant with IPv6 IPs or something, but the cat and mouse will continue regardless.