Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoYouTube traffic in Russia drops 80% as authorities try to curb accesskyivindependent.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1154arrow-down15
arrow-up1149arrow-down1external-linkYouTube traffic in Russia drops 80% as authorities try to curb accesskyivindependent.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareakkajdh999@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 day agoHow did they measure it? People can still use VPN
minus-squareERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·1 day 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-up28·1 day ago80% of people watching YouTube in Russia are now using a VPN.
How did they measure it? People can still use VPN
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.