The YouTube video-hosting site and app have stopped being accessible across Russia, thousands of Internet users in the country said online on August 8.
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.
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.