Is this the Russian Government censoring them, or is YouTube just pulling out because the sanctions mean they can’t run ads to Russian IPs?
the biggest ISP in Russia, rostelecom, started throttling youtube by 80% last month and is planning a full blocking. It’s a curious choice though… even the hardest most Z people are not happy about it.
It is a double-edged sword, because it would leave them blind to certain news without propaganda. Which could have direct and indirect consequences.
China is doing pretty okay with it.
China has ten times more people than Russia, they have a big enough market to support a full fledged alternative. Russia does not
there is a browser extension that loads websites without middleman interference, a lot of people are using that. apparently it even unblocks twitter and some other sites.
Let’s hope this will lead to Putin’s support evaporating.
The government claims it’s Google’s hardware getting outdated. Google says that’s bs.
I think that it’s convenient how they’re telling that to us right before throttling YouTube only with certain providers (and seems to be with only certain regions as well).
YouTube was running like garbage for me in Texas earlier today while everything else was fine. Are they having issues in general?
Because fuck ‘em, that’s why!
Why has it been accessible to begin with? $$$
There hasn’t been any monetization since shortly after the invasion started. If I have to guess, Google was just footing the bills so they don’t lose presence to some local player when it’s all over.
I’m actually more curious as to who finally pulled the plug, Google, or the Russian government; and why finally now. Article made it seem like the Russian govt wanted to violate net neutrality and slow down YT’s traffic, but makes no mentioning of which party ultimately took the service down.
It’s the russian government. There have been rumors that they are planning to shut down YT for good in the last few months.
this is terrible news for right wing reactionary youtube channels.
That’s what you get. Ukraine doesn’t have access to YouTube either thanks to the rolling blackouts. So… I guess cry more? Or if you’re Russian and reading this, and you want change for your country: realize you are many, they are few, and the few they have aren’t currently as strong as they were before your country illegally invaded Ukraine. It won’t be easy but maybe you and your brethren can secure a safer future for your children, those children, and all the children you will never meet, by rising up against your oppressors
Russian here. Yes, this is indeed true. They’ve been throttling the bandwidth for a good while before, even yt music was slow. GoodbyeDPI lets you bypass the blocks for now. Idk what to expect next tbh
Ого не знал что кто-то из русских здесь есть:)
нас дюжины! дюжины!
Всего две дюжины…
это же только сервера русские, я сам на Lemmy.world
I mean you could still use frontends out there but don’t you all start using them at once. I use them too you know.
Wasn’t Russia throttling YouTube bandwidth before hand to prepare for this? Along with banning cell phones for their soldiers, I guess they’re going for complete media blackout and control.
Edit: I guess they announced 70% slowdown a couple weeks ago and just went straight to full shutdown.
Banning cell phones for soldiers on the front line has become common since the phone transmissions are used as bombing targets.
However, the blackout of YouTube for the civilian populace is mainly for control purposes, especially as Ukraine is fairly active on YouTube.
Thought it has already banned? Thought they had the same view as Chinese government to limited information so they can better brainwash people in Russia with propaganda.
Hold on! How about Disney?
But seriously, before anyone puts a hole in putins shit basket, can you please ask him how he got the YouTube and Google to stop?
Maybe we could do the same!? We do have Mexico, should we invade Mexico? I’m fine with it, I was born there. I’m sure many others would agree conmigo.
Or maybe it’s a secret Mafia connection?
Cant Russians make money from yt due to that Ukraine thing
Not unless you’re making videos from abroad.
YouTube doesn’t serve ads when viewed from Russia anymore, so there is no revenue from this audience. And you can’t take money out from within Russia due to sanctions.
Russian YouTubers are pretty much screwed and have to re-locate. The only other option is earning from product placements.
And I really liked the Russian Youtubers… Nonetheless, it’s a different kind of censorship and it might just lead to more propaganda in the end…
It’s just so strange to read how Americans blame Putin for everything the rest of the world blames their government for.
Obvious Russian troll is obvious.
Come on you can do better than this. You’r not even being entertainingly bad.
You need to improve or else you will fall out of a window.
Sure, champion, your attention saved my life today. Let me get back to my trolling, spying, forced and commie stuff.
I’m going to miss the one Russian I follow. Maybe this will help another alternative platform take its place.
Yoooo peertube in russia???
Russia has rutube and landed video ( i think)
Don’t forget VK Video
Thought vk was a twitter/instagram thingy
I thought it was more like Facebook.
They’ve been branching out into video, even added a dedicated video tab to the main ui
They’re crap. People will be and are looking for ways to evade restrictions.
Right now, they’re only limiting speed with certain providers in certain locations. There are at least three ways that I know of to avoid it.
The thing is, I don’t know how far they’ll take it. Blocking YouTube is a major political risk. Practically, everybody uses it for one reason or another. So, unlike their “special military operation,” this (as mercantile as it sounds) will potentially have a bigger impact on everybody’s lives. But you really can never be sure with our mafia-in-charge anymore.
damn. how would russians watch unwanted ads now?
AFAIK they didn’t have to watch ads since the sanctions took effect, because Google wasn’t allowed to monetize them.
Wow. Can’t wait for this empire to sanction itself.
Prime, Netflix, Hulu, any news website, pornhub, etc…
