Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoYouTube traffic in Russia drops 80% as authorities try to curb accesskyivindependent.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1165arrow-down14
arrow-up1161arrow-down1external-linkYouTube traffic in Russia drops 80% as authorities try to curb accesskyivindependent.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·1 month agoUsing VPN would mean that IPs would not longer be from Russian IPs, therefore, Russian IPs accessing Youtube would drop.
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·1 month ago80% of people watching YouTube in Russia are now using a VPN.
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Using VPN would mean that IPs would not longer be from Russian IPs, therefore, Russian IPs accessing Youtube would drop.
80% of people watching YouTube in Russia are now using a VPN.
That would be my guess.