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First time this happens to me. With a German protonvpn server.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bot can automate views. It's why Youtube keeps trying to move towards "engagement". Comments, likes, etc, all require an account, which is an extra hurdle for bots.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Then I will they just doing half the work. They can just get the site account walled for that goal, not a half patch work of blocking VPN users.