Peffse

I know a few services that would ban a user doing that, thinking that the client is compromised.

Microsoft is certainly doing an excellent job driving away Xbox users. What else do they have? Azure maybe?

This is the one that got me when I was younger:

Turns out its a platform puzzle game with no attack button. Enemies can only be defeated by pushing blocks onto them.

Oddly enough, I ended up buying Shadow Dancer specifically because the cover was so bizarre.

An old man with a bat protects a young woman from a plate armored man attacking both of them with a longsword, as a scared dog flees into a burning city in the distance.

Yikes. I’m here for a civil discussion, so if you don’t want to discuss this with me and instead just want to attack me because you think I’m on the opposing team… well, I guess that’s what the block list is for.

I wish you luck in life.

It’s not an excuse though. It’s right there in the error message.

Where are people getting the impression I think google is some kind of saint who can do no wrong? I don’t even see the “proof” that is being used to say I’m coming to google’s defense. Just a few anecdotal theories… just like I provided.

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.

uhhh… what?

probably deploys ransomware to children’s hospitals

Youtube does a ton of evil stuff, but this one is more tame. I suspect the VPN was used to bot and got banned, so the sign-in is required to better target where the traffic is allowed to go, instead of blanket banning everybody using the service.