So what is the workaround? I’m in the EU.
Regular Opera (Opera One) or Opera GX?
Windows or macOS or Android or iOS?
VPN
Are you talking about Opera’s built-in VPN or some other VPN?
PBS on YouTube
Link to video?
I’m in europe and i noticed that the VPN, when turned on and set to Americas, gives an IP address located in Sweden. If i select Asia, then my IP location changes to Bangladesh; set to Europe, Belgium. Last year it actually gave a US IP address when set to Americas. not sure why it changed.
Opera’s VPN, set to “Americas”.
version 106.0.4998.28
Windows 10 Home, 22H2
Thanks for the clarifications. I tested with the VPN set to Americas and it works fine. But, I’m in the U.S., so that might not be a good comparison.
You can try upgrading to 106.0.4998.70 to see if there’s any difference.
You can try in a test standalone installation and make sure the VPN is turned on before you even try to load Youtube.
At the URL opera://settings/vpn, you can try disabling “Enable default search engines by bypassing VPN”. Youtube shouldn’t be treated as a search engine, but you can try to see if it helps.
Then again, it could just be Youtube knows Opera’s VPN/proxy servers.
NOPE, still not working.
What’s the point of having a VPN if servers can detect that it’s a VPN?
You can try the free version of Proton VPN to test if it works better. See https://protonvpn.com/free-vpn.